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The Willcomb Family* 




Mn N.\.\:I is JK^I-ATIl-PiLKSIA-A'SHlRI-DAMIIl-ElAM-Hol.T "* 

Wii.i.cuMi', AND I (;Er A Stick oi-- Canity 

FOR Sa\ IN(; IT." 



GENEALOGY 



OF 



The Willcomb Famil) 



OF NEW ENGLAND 

(1665-1902.) 
TOGETHER 

WITH A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE 
TOWN OF IPSWICH, MASS. 



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[Profusely Illustrated.1 



BY OLIVER CLIFTON WILLCOMB. 



LYNN, MASS.: 
1902. 



. \ 



Limited Edition. 



This Copy is Number 



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PREFACE. 



#[ view of the steadily increasing interest among the 

'^^^ American people in historical and genealogical 
research, 1 feel that 1 need present no apology for 
placing this work before a book-loving public. 
Genealogy is supposed to be a dry, brain-wearying, 
pocket-emptying task, and the search eventually, if 
carried far enough, ends with the monkey— according 
to some modern ideas. However, 1 prefer to accept the 
earlier theory that we are descended from the gods. 

My principal reason for engaging in this undertaking 
was the woeful ignorance concerning our ancestry, who 
they were, where they lived and died, and what was 
their business, occupation or profession. 

In my researches 1 have gained friends, relatives, 
knowledge and wisdom, so it has not been altogether 
unprotitable, though 1 was somewhat disgusted one day 
when 1 went to Maiden, Mass., to look up a John, 
Ann and William Welcome who lived there about a 
century and a half ago. 

A long and weary search tinally ended at the home 
of Maiden's historian. He listened patiently to my story, 
and said quietly, as a smile stole over his face:— 

"I guess they were no relatives of yours," 



PREFACE. 



"It seems," said I, eagerly, "as if they must be rela- 
tives ; there are the family surna— " 

"1 guess not," and his smile deepened. 

"Why.?" 

"Because they were Niggers," he responded gently. 

You see there nir "black sheep" in every family, and 
it was small satisfaction to me to have him explain that 
they, or their ancestors, had probably been slaves, and 
had taken their master's name. 

But to resume. 

Having olT and on for a dozen years hunted up the 
dead and the living, the lost and strayed Willcombs 
who have chosen to spell, or have allowed others to 
spell their name, Wilcom, Welcom, Wilcum, Welcum, 
Wilcome, Welcome, Wilcomb, Welcomb, Wilcombe, 
Welcombe, Willcomb, Wellcomb, Willcombe, Wellcombe, 
Willicomb, Wellicomb, Willicome, Wellicome, Willicombe 
Wellicombe and Woollcombe, 1 respectfully request the 
public to pass a law making- it a criminal offence for 
any member of the family to spell their name in any 
other way than "Willcomb." 

Twenty-one ways of spelling the name is about twenty 
too many— for the comfort of the family genealogist, 
at least, it is hard enough for him to untangle them 
from the Wicoms, Wickhams, Whitcombs, and kindred 
names. 

In making my entry into the lield of genealogical 
research 1 was at once staggered by the rarity of the 
name. Directories, histories, genealogies, magazines. 



PREFACE. 



encyclopaedias, county records, town records, and even 
prison records, had almost any other name. 

Just prior to a tour of England by one of my clerical 
friends, 1 requested him to copy the name and address 
from the London directory of any of my family name. 
The look of alarm at my request increased almost to 
horror as said faintly, — 
"Why, there must be thousands of them." 
On his return, in response to my inquiry, he said, 
"1 found one.'' 

Ipswich, Mass., town records, and Essex County 
records were gold mines by comparison, and the otficials 
quite dilTerent from a certain registrar in another county, 
who in response to an inquiry by mail if the name 
"Willcomb" occurred in the index of his county's 
registry, wrote on the return postal : — 
"No!— /h' .,^'2." 

No one sees the defects in the following pages more 
clearly than the publisher— unless it be the age-sensitive 
ones. There are many errors and omissions. Oflicials 
are careless, people indifferent, memories treacherous, 
records lost or destroyed, and we have been unable to 
rake New England with a tine-toothed comb, or even 
a small part of it, to say nothing of the whole country. 
Many records conflict, and 1 was forced to choose that 
which in my judgment was the correct one. 

Many of the records have been beyond my reach, or 
of the existence of which I was unaware. Much is 
necessarily left for another volume, or for others to 



PREFACE. 



search out who have more time and money than the 
author, and no one regrets more sincerely than he 
the incompleteness with which this volume closes. 

However, I have made a pioneer etfort, which, though 
rough, like all pioneer work, yet has a positive value, 
and with kind regards to all members of our family 
wherever located, I remain, 

OLIVER CLIFTON WILLCOMB. 
125 Market Street, Lynn. 




Or coi'RSE I MUST Dedicate the book to Someone, 
AND I KNOW OF None Better than 

the ladv who, 
MORE than Fifteen Vhars ag^l as 
Annie E. Emerson- 
Consented to Become a member of the 
VViLLCoMB Family. 
UNLESS it be — 




The Ladv who Won mv Fathuk's Heart, 

Years Ar.o, 

AND WHO Has Ever been 

A True Mo i her 

To Me. 



Some HUieb jFamilies 

BY MARRIAGE. 



Ayatt 


Howard 


Saunders 


Barnard 


HOYT 


Savory 


Beadle 


HUEZE 


Seward 


Benfield 


Hunt 


Shattuck 


Blake 


Ion 


Sleeper 


Blye 


Jeans 


Smith 


Brockelbank 


Jewett 


Southworth 


Burnham 


Johnson 


Stanwood 


Chapman 


Lambert 


Stearns 


Cody 


Lane 


Stevens 


Cotton 


LiNDLEY 


Stone 


Crockett 


Lister 


Strong 


Dane 


Lord 


Sweet 


Deland 


LOWE 


Swortz 


Demarais 


Macarty 


Symonds 


Dennis 


McDonald 


Taylor 


Dodge 


Manning 


TITCOMB 


Doe 


Marble 


TOWNSEND 


Dole 


Marbury 


Treadwell 


Dunnells 


Masury 


TURRELL 


Eastman 


Metcalf 


Turner 


Edwards 


Mitchell 


TYLER 


Emerson 


Morgan 


Underhill 


Flagg 


Morris 


Warner 


Gilbert 


Nichols 


Washburn 


Hammond 


NOURSE 


Watts 


Harris 


Ordway 


Webb 


Hawkins 


PAGE 


Webber 


Hazeltine 


Philbrick 


Weed 


Hellyer 


Pickard 


WELLS 


Hibbard 


Pride 


Wentworth 


Hodges 


Rees 


Whipple 


HODGKINS 


Richardson 


White 


KODSDEN 


ROBIE 


Whitney 


HOGAN 


Robinson 


WiLLEY 


HOLLAND 


Ross 


Williams 


Holmes 


Saltmarsh 


Wilson 


Hopkins . 


Sargent 





lEnolisb Surnames 

ID not come into general use until about the time 
of the Conquest, in 1066, and became permanent 
about one hundred years later. They were formed in 
various ways, some of which are : — 

By adding- the word "son" to the father's name, as 
Peterson, Richardson, Johnson, etc. 

By using the name of the trade or occupation, as 
Smith, Turner, Taylor or Potter, 

By taking names of places, as, Townsend, Underbill, 
Saltmarsh, and many others easily thought of. 

By choosing the names of colors, as Brown, Green, 
White, Black. 

By selecting some trait or characteristic of the indi- 
vidual, for instance. Strong, Hardy, Walker, 

It has been supposed by one antiquary that centuries 
ago some one was called "William the welcome," and his 
posterity dropping the article kept the name "Welcome," 
spelling it in various ways as fancy dictated. But one 
thing is certain, that the true origin of the Willcomb 
Family, like many others, is lost in the mists and the 
shadows of the "Dark Ages," even the meaning of the 
name being unknown. 

The name is spelled in a variety of ways, hi Old 
German (8th century) it is "Willicomo," "Uilcomae." 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 15 

Lib. vit. English, "Wilcomb," "Welcomb," "Willcomb," 
"Welcombe." Modern German, "Willicomni." 

In "Burke's Colonial Gentry," may be found a line 
of the family of "WOOLLCOMBE," from 1497 to 1900, 
of which the present descendant is Beltield Morth Wool- 
combe, of Ashbury, near Tumaree, Canterbury, New 
Zealand. Whether it is a separate family or a branch 
connected with ours is not yet ascertained. 

in Topham's Index to Chancery Proceedings, 1603-25, 
Bundle 11, No. 79, may be found the entry "Atkinson 
contra Welcombe." Perhaps some member of the fam- 
ily visiting England may be interested to look up this case. 

We also found that Alexander Welcombe and 

Elnor were married June 26, 1628, at West Quantox- 
head, Somerset Co., England. 

There was a Wellcombe living in the parish of 

Bucksdowii, Dorsetshire, about 1645. 

In the record of christenings at St. James Cathedral, 
Clerkenwell, is found that of John, son of William and 
Elizabeth Welcum, Feb. 11, 168^ 

in the registry of the bishop of Winchester, Hamp- 
shire, is recorded the marriage of Thomas Hellyer, of 
the H. iM. S. Chichester, and Eizabeth Wellcome, at Al- 
verstoke, (or Gosport) March 20, 1703. 

Among the banns published at St. James, Clerken- 
well, were those of Christopher Wellcome and Dorothy 
Richardson, Dec. 25, 1670. 

Eleven years later, Jan. 20, 1681, George Mitchell and 
Mary Welcome were married at St. James Cathedral. 

At St. George's Chapel, Hyde Park, corner of May- 
fair, Middlesex, England, the marriage of Thomas Rob- 
inson and Sarah Wellcom of Stepney, took place Jan. 
26, 1749. 



16 THE WIMXOMB FAMILY. 

On the 22d of January, 1786, Ezra Willcombe and 
Ann Manning" were married at the same place. 

Two other mai riages there are of interest : that of 
Alexander Turrell and Jane Willicombe, June 1, 1797, 
and that of William Mitchell to Mary Willicombe, July 

29, 1817. 

The oldest English record 1 have yet found, concerns 

3ohn lUilcomb, 6cnt., flD.jp. 

He was of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, 
living there as early as 1565, in which year he was 
named as supervisor of the estate of John Hutchinson, 
mayor of Lincoln. His wife's name was Anne, a daugh- 
ter of Gregory Ion, Esq., of Fillingham, County Lincoln, 
and one of his children, Mary, married into the house 
of Marbury. 

This John Wilcomb, with Thomas Wilson, were the 
members of Parliament from Lincoln, 15 72-1585, (the 
14th to 27th years of Queen Elizabeth's reign), a period 
during which occurred the massacre of St. Bartholomew, 
the founding of the American settlements, and Drake's 
circumnavigation of the globe. His associates from 
County Lincoln were Sir Thomas Cecil, M.P., Sir Edward 
Dymock, M.P., Sir Henry Clinton, M.P., and Sir William 
Cecil, created Lord Burleigh, and for forty or more 
years one of England's foremost men. 

In the extreme north-west corner of Devonshire, Eng., 
on the sea coast, is found the town of Welcombe, but 
when and why thus named is luiknown to the writer. 

In the United States there are no fewer than eighteen 
towns, in as many states, by the nam^ of "Welcome." 



THE WILf^COMB FAMILY. 



17 




lAKI.IA.ME.NT OF ELIZAliETH (1558-1603) 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 19 

Members of the Willcomb family early found their 
way to the new world. They seem to have been seafaring 
people rather than farmers or merchants. The name has 
been spelled in so many ways that the tracing of the 
family connection is very diliicult. In the Essex County 
records at Salem the name is spelled in no less than 
seven dil^'erent ways. 

In New England the earliest record found thus far 
relates to a 

IPctcr Wlilcomb. 

This record states that he was married at Salem, 1665, 
by Major Hathorne to Mehitabel Hodsden, a daughter of 
Mr. Nicholas Hodsden, of Kittery. They lived at Salem 
for a number of years, their connection being largely, 
among seafaring people. Their tirst three children were 
born here, the others at Boston. They were 

Peter, b., 1666; m., d., 

Mehitabel, b., 1667; 

Mary, b., June 12, 1670; m., Nov. 15, 1694; d. 

Samuel, b., Oct., 1672; d., 1673. 

Samuel, b., Dec. 22, 1673; 

Joseph, b., 1681; m.. d.. 1726. 

About 1671, Boston records speak of him as a mariner 
living on Orange street, (now Washington). Here he 
owned land, a shop, dwelling house, wharf, and "tlatts 
and appurtenances." His home was well furnished for 
the age and he lived very comfortably. 

In 1672, the selectmen of Boston sent him a caution 
in regard to sheltering at his house, "one, John Ryder," 
a Quaker, who had been driven out of New ^'ork. A 
son, Samuel, was born this year, but soon died. 

In December, \67h another son was born, and also 



2() THE WII.UCOMB FAMILV. 

named Samuel, while in 16<S1 a son, Joseph, was born. 
Peter was appointed one of the eight constables of 
Boston in 1687, and served efficiently and well for at 
least two years. 

His wife, Mehitabel. died in October, 1694. 

His daughter Mary was married Nov. 15, 1694. to 
Peter Townsend, and their children were Mar\ , Peter, 
Mehitabel, William and Sarah. 

Peter Wilcomb may have been a brother to Richard, 
of the Isles of Shoals, William of Scituate, and Daniel 
of Portsmouth, but it is merely conjecture. His death 
occurred in 1695, and in his will he speaks of his son 
Joseph, at that time fourteen years of age, as being at 
sea, and leaving £^0 and other property to him if he 
lives to be of age. The rest of his estate he bequeathed 
to his son Peter, his daughter Mary, and a daughter-in- 
law, Mary Howard. The inventory of his estate came 
to £-245. His home was called "Wilcomb's house" as 
late as 1715. 

Another of the early settlers was 

Spaniel TOilcomb. 

We know but little about him except that he served 
in Captain Nicholas Paige's troop of thirty- five men, 
(organized June 2 7, 1675, to accompany Maj. Thomas 
Savage in the expedition to Mt. Hope). Thev took part 
in the movements there, and were disbanded at Boston 
Sept. ], 1675, each soldier receiving £2 for his service. 

He was living at Portsmouth in 16<S7. 

His wife, if had one, may have been Sarah, daughter 
of William Moore, of York, who mentions his daughter- 
in-law, Sarah \A'ilcomb, in his will of March ^0, I691. 



THE WtLt.COMB FAMILY. -^l 

mtlliam MiUcomb 

Ot Pemaquid, took the "resident's oath," or the oath of 
allegiance to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in \67], 
a copy of which may be of interest. It read as follows : 

RESIDENT'S OATH, OK OATH OF FIDELITY. 
"I do hereby swear and call God to witness that being now an 
inhabitant within the limits of this jurisdiction of Massachusetts, 1 du 
acknowledge myself lawfully suliject to the government and authority 
here established; and do accordingly submit my person, family and 
estate to be protected, ordered and governed by the laws and constitu- 
tions thereof; and do faithfully promise to be from time to time 
obedient and conformable thereunto, and to the authority of the 
Governor, and all other magistrates and their successors, and to all 
laws, orders, sentences and decrees, as now are or shall hereafter be 
lawfully made, decreed and published by them or their successors. 
And I will always endeavor, as in duty I am bound, to advance the 
peace and welfare of this body politic, and I will to my best power and 
means seek to divert and prevent whatsoever may tend to the ruin or 
damage thereof, or of the Governor, Deputy Governor, or assistants, or 
any of their successors. And I will give speedy notice to them or 
some of them, of any sedition, violent treachery or other hurt or evil, 
which I shall know, hear, or vehemently suspect to be plotted or 
intended against them or any of them, or against the said Common- 
wealth or government established. .So help me God." 

WILLIAM WILLCOMB. 

This was probibl}- the same William to whom was 
assigned portions of the common lands at Sci:uate the 
same year, (167^) and who was killed in the heroic 
tight at Rehoboth three years later. 

He left no family so far as known. 

The following is the account of the fight, which took 
place March 26, 1676. 

"In the spring of 1676, the Indians dispersing them- 
selves in small parties through the colonies, were com- 



THH WII.I.COMH FAMILY. 



mitting dreadful ravages both in Rhode Ishiiid and 
Massachusetts. They had penetrated as far as Plymouth 
and had killed a number of the inhabitants. 

"On this alarm, Captain Michael Pierce of Scituate, 
with a force of 6^ Englishmen and 20 friendly Indians 
from Cape Cod, were ordered to pursue the Indians 
toward Rhode Island. He proceeded without any rencon- 
tre to Seeconk, where 
he arrived on Saturday, 
March 2s. Hearing of 
Indians in the vicinity, 
he immediately went in 
pursuit, and came to a 
skirmish with them in 
which he met with no 
loss, but judged that 
he had occasioned con- 
siderable to the enemy, 
but as his force was 
small, he chose, in or- 
der probably to avoid 
the danger of a surprise 
in the night, as well as 
to proctue a recruit of 
'men, to retire to the 
garrison at Seeconk. 
"The next morning, Sunday, being joined by several 
men of Seeconk who acted as guides, he again went 
out in pursuit of the enemy, and while on their march 
discovered rambling in an obscure woody place, four or 
live Indians, who in getting away, halted as if they 
were lame or wounded. 

"Our men had pursued them but a short way when 




THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 23 

they found them to be only decoys to draw them into 
an ambuscade, for on a sudden they discovered about 
five hundred Indians, who, in very good order, suddenly 
attacked them, being as readily received by ours, so 
that the tight began to be very tierce and dubious. 

"The enemy had begun to retreat, but so slowly that 
it scarce deserved that name, when a fresh company of 
about four hundred Indians came in, so that the English 
and their few friendly Indians were quite surrounded, 
beset on every side. 

"Yet they made a- brave resistance for above two 
hours, during all of which time they did great execu- 
tion upon the enemy, whom they kept at a distance 
and themselves in order, for they formed into a ring 
and fought back to back and were double distance all 
in one ring, whilst the Indians were as thick as^ could 
stand thirty deep. 

"Overpowered by numbers, the captain, tifty-tive of 
his English and ten of his Indian allies were slain, while 
the number of hostile Indians killed in this battle has 
been estimated by different historians as from l^o to ^00. 

The Scituate men killed were : — 

Sanuiel Russell William Willcomb 

Benj. Chittenden Jeremiah Barstow 

John Lothrop John Ensign 

Gershom Dodson Joseph Cowen 

Samuel Pratt Joseph Perry 

Thomas Savary John Rose 

Joseph Wade ^ Capt. Michael Pierce 

The place where the battle was fought is still pointed 
out. It is between Pawtucket and Valley Falls on the 
river, it commenced on the east side of the river, but 
the severest part of the action was on the west, imme- 
diatelv on the bank of the stream. 



^4- THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

This was considered one of the l^loodiest battles fought 
in Plymouth Colony during King Philip's War. The 
historian Drake asserts that the celebrated chief Canonchet 
commanded the Indians during this engagement, while 
others claim that King Philip himself guided the Indians. 
Two days later Rehoboth was burned by them, destroy- 
ing 40 houses and K) barns. 

IRicbarD ratllcomb' 

Kept an "ale-house" at the Isles of Shoals as early as 
\6H]. it is not known how much of a family he had 
or whether he was the father or the brother to 

Zccchcu9 Millcomb- 

Who also lived at that place about the same time. 
We have assumed that Richard was Zeccheus' father. 
The closing year of the seventeenth century witnessed 
the arrival in Ipswich, Mass., of the three children of 
this Zeccheus Willcomb of the isles of Shoals, owing to 
his death shortly before, which left them orphans. 

They were William, Richard and Deborah, born 
respectively I6.S7, 108(S and I690, probably at the Isles 
of Shoals. Owing to many natural advantages, of 
which exemption from Indian attack was not the least, 
the Islands at this period supported quite a population, 
being a regular point of departure for the great number 
of European tishing vessels who made regular trips to 
the wonderful tishing grounds along our coast even at 
this early date, and the furnishing of supplies to these 
mariners as well as lodging and refreshment ashore was 
probably a lucrative business. 



THE WILLCDMi; I-WMILV. 25 

On their arrival at Ipswich, then. the shire town of 
Ess:?x County, Henry Spiller, a school teacher, was 
appointevi their guardian. A copy of this appointment 
reads as follows: — 




GLAKDIANSHir oX ESTATE ()E \VM. WILLCOMll. 



Jonathan Curwin, Es(|., Judge of Probate of Wills and granting Letters 
of .\dministration within the County of Essex, as also empowered 
to appoint Guardians to Minors under the age of fourteen years. 

Essex County, Massachusetts Bay. 
To Henry Spiller, of Ipswich, within the county of Essex, Greeting: 
Trusting in your care and fidelity, I do by these presents, ordain, 
constitute and appoint you to be the guardian unto William Willcomb, 
son of Zeccheus Willeunib, late of the Isles of Shoals, deceased, 
being a minor of thirteen years old or thereabouts, and full power to 
ask, demand and recover lesins and to take into ye hands and custo ly 
all and singular, such rents, arrearages of rents, goods and estate what- 
soever that doth of right beLmg and appertain unto the said minor; 
and to manage, employ and improve the same for the good, education, 
benefit and advantage of the said minor, and to render a plain and 
true account of ye said guardianshiji, upon oath, so far as ye law w ill 
charge you therewith, when you shall lie lawfully required, and ])ay 
and deliver what and so much of said rents, goods and estate as shall 
appear to be remaining upon your accounts, the same being first 
examined and allow ed of by ye judge or ye judges for the timebeing, of 
probate of wills, etc., within said county, unto the said minor when he 
shall arrive at full age, or otherwise as ye judge or judges l)y his or 
their decree or sentence pursuant to law, shall limit and appoint. 

In testimony whereof I have caused ye seal of said otrtce to be here- 
unto affixed and dated at Ipswich, March 2y, 1700, and in ye twelfth 

year of ve majesty's reign. 

JONATHAN COR WIN. 
JOHN HIGGINSOX. Register. 



26 



Till-; AILLCOM B FAMILY 



Wlilliam XiUillcomb^ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,-' William'^) Of these three, 
William, in 1 707, then a young" man of about twenty, 
had fallen in love with Charity Dod (or Dodge), was 
married in October, and set up housekeeping on 
"the lane leading to Smith's shipyard," where he had 
bought a house and land of Dea. Nathaniel Knowlton, 
who was for a long time the town treasurer and a 
representative for nine years. This place was on what 
is now Summer street. His neighbors were James Fos- 
ter, Jacob Foster and Joseph Smith. 




I'lil' Fos I i:r-Bi KN H AM llnisi-, 
WAIKR SlKKII. 

Like many of the early settlers, he carried on tishing 
as part of his means of livelihood, and had stage-flakes on 
the southerly side of Jetlries' Neck, and adjoining those 
of Joseph Holland. By industry and frugality he made 
for himself a comfortable home. He was a member 
of the First Church, of which Rev. John Rogers, 
(son of John Rogers, a president of Harvard College,) 
was then the pastor. Four children were born to him 



THH WILLCOMR FAMILY. 



27 




DoNNTO.\-H()I.LAND-H(iI.!\rES-Doi)GE HoL'SK. 

Built akcjut 1700. Torn Down 1888. 
Simmer and No. Main Sis. 



THE \VILLC(>MB FAMILY. 2U 

the date of birth of the eldest (Wilham) being- unknown, 
but he was a sailor and died at Annapolis in l 746. 

William, !>., 17 : .1., 1 74(). 

Joseph. I)., Mar. 11, 171;,; ni., Fel). 24, 1737: d.. 17 . 
Sarah, 1)., Oct. 2, 1715: m., Jan. 11, 1744; d., 17 . 
Ji)hn. li.. Xnv. 2, 171S; (1.. Sept. S, 1729. 

William's wife, Charity, died in 1724, and not loni; 
after he married a second time, but their married life 
was short, for the second wife. Rebecca Harris, died 
Feb. 10, 1726, and he himself Dec. \ in the same vear. 

WILL OF Wll.LLVM WILL( OMB. 



In the name of God, amen, ye eleventh day of November, .^nno 
Domini, 1726. I, William Willcomb, of Ipswich, in ye county of 
Essex, in ye province of Massachusetts, fisherman, being sick in body, 
but of a goud and ])erfect understanding, blessed be God, and knowing 
it is appointed unto men once to die, do therefore make this, my last 
will and testament. 

First of all, I commit my suul into the hands of God who gave it, 
and my body to the earth to hn decently interred therein at the direc- 
tion of my executor, hereinafter named, hoping through the merit and 
intersition of Jesus Christ for a joyful resurrection, and as for such 
\\orldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless nie with, all 1 give and 
dispose in manner and form as follows: 

I give and bequeath unto my eldest son, William, if he returns and 
lives to be of age, after my just and honest debts are paid and funeral 
charges are defrayed, a double portion to the rest of my children. 

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph, live pounds over 
and above my other children, and if it so happen that any of my chil- 
dren die before they come of age, m\- will is that all my estate shall be 
settled by indifferent and honest men and an eijuable dividend be 
made amongst ye surviving children, and I ordain and constitute my 
beloved brother, Daniel Smith, Sr., of Ipsw ich aforesaid, my sole 
executor of this my last will and testament, as witness my hand and 
seal this day and year abovesaid. 

WILLIAM WlLLCOMi;. 

Signed, sealed and declared by ye William Willcomb 
to be his last will and testament in jiresence of 
Grace Harris, Debora Smith, j. Staniford, clerk. 



3(1 



THE \VII,I.C()MI5 FAMILY 



The inventory of his estate came to about £500. 
His daughter, Sarah, was married to Ebenezer Stanwood 
January 11, 1/44, their children being Ebenezer, Ensign 
John, Sarah, Isaac (grandfather of Mrs. Hon. James G. 
Blaine and "Gail Hamilton"), Nathaniel and Stephen. 

Deborah Willcomb, daughter of Zeccheus Willcomb 
of the Isles of Shoals, was born in 1688, probably at 
thai place, came to Ipswich in 1 700, and during her 
minority lived in the family of Henry Spiller. in 1721 




'J'lii: JiiiiN KxdWi.TdN Hoisi;. 

she was man'ied, being the second wife of Daniel Smith, 
son of Richard Smith, one of the wealthiest of Ipswich 
early names, who owned and lived upon the farm now 
in the possession of Mr. Greenwood (I898). Daniel's 
tirst wife was Elizabeth Paine, grand-daughter of Robert 
Paine, (founder of the Ipswich grammar school), and a 
daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Paine. Miss Sarah 
F. Jewett, of Stratham, N. H., has a Bible, printed in 
1729, owned by this Deborah (Willcomb) Smith, who 
had a daughter Deborah, born in 172s, to whom the 
Bible descended. This daughter was converted in 1 740 
at the age of sixteen, during Rev. George Whitetield's 



THE WILLCOMK FAMILN'. 



31 



visit to Ipswich. So many came to hear this godly 
man that the services were held on the hill slope by 
the North church. An ancient "coat-of-arms ot the 
Smith Family is now owned by Mrs. Abigail (Smith) 
Sargent. Moses Smith, a son ot Deborah's, married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Samuel Wallis, one of the 
prominent men of Ipswich. Dr. Wallis died in 1728, 
in his early manhood. The house in which he lived 
was probably built in 1692. 




Til K WaI.I.IS HliUSK. 



32 



Tin-: WILLCOMH l-AMILV. 



(Richard, 1 Zeccheus,- Richard-m Son of Zeccheus 
Willconib of the Isles of Shoals, was born at that place 
about 1690. Removing' to Ipswich with his brother 
William and sister Deborah in the early part of 1 700 




sill 111 j'AKlMI MI-.KUM. IIC'IM;. 



in consequence uf the death of their father, he lived in 
the home of Henry Spiller until the age of twentv, 
when he married Elizabeth Hocigkins. Their children 
were as follows : — 

Elisabeth, h., Oct. <), 1712; in., Ocl. id, 1731 ; 'I., 17 
John, h., Ajir. 24, 1715; 111., N\.v. 25, 1738; d., 17 . 
Martha, I)., Mar. 12, 1716; m., Dec. 12, 1736; d., 17 . 
Stephen, b., Auj;. 9, 1719; m., Nov. 15, 1739; <1., 1783. 
Zeccheus, h., Jiiiie 24, 1722; 111., 1745; (1., 1 770. 
\\ iUiaiii, 1)., June 27, 1725; d., 1727. 
William, b.. May 26, 1728; 1!., 1747. 



THE WILLCOiMB FAMILY. 



33 



Several important events occurred in Ipswich during 
his residence there, probably the most noteworthy being 
the religious awakening resulting from the preaching of 
Rev. George Whitetield in 1 740, when a hundred persons 
were added to the church during the winter of 1741-2. 
Four years later, sixty-eight persons, agreed as a means 
of composing differences, to become incorporated and 
erect a meetinghouse on the green, south of the river, 
and July 22 of the following year the South Church 




The Wallev-Dana House. 

was formed. Before the year closed their meetinghouse 
was raised, being 40 feet wide, 60 feet long, and 2 5 feet 
stud. About two years after the erection of this building 
the North Church Society erected a new and substantial 
edifice, which stood until 1846, when the present one 
took its place. 

Rev. John Walley was the pastor of the new church 
until 1764, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Joseph 
Dana, D. D., who served it for more than forty years. 
The house in which they lived stands but a short distance 
from the meetinghouse, and almost in front of it. 



34 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

Of Richard's children, Elizabeth was published to David 
Wells in 1731, Martha was married to John Dennis, Jr., 
a son of John and Lydia Dennis, in 1 736. He was born 
Nov. 3, 1708, and graduated from Harvard College in 
1730. In 1740 he was chaplain at Fort St. George, 
and at Fort Frederick, 1745-6. He was a member of 
the First Church at Ipswich and was often employed to 
preach in the several parishes of that town. He was a 
teacher of the Grammar School there until 1853, when he 
left to preach at Charlestown, N. H., where a church 
was about to be gathered. His death occurred in 1773. 

Stephen removed to Salem, Zeccheus to Gloucester 
and William to Beverly, where he died in 1747. 

Richard himself was living in Beverly as late as 1760. 
At one time he became involved in land disputes, so 
common at that time owing to conflicting authorities, 
and was twice fined for contempt of court in failing to 
appear at the time appointed. 



. nDr. 3o9cpb OTiUcomb/ 

(Richard, 1 Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph. *) Was 
boi^h at Ipswich, Mass., March U, 171 3, his parents 
being William and Charity (Dodge) Willcomb. His 
early life was spent much like that of other boys of 
his time. He often accompanied his father on his fishing 
trips, and early learned the sailor's calling. 

When but thirteen years of age his father died, leaving 
four children, one of whom, William, was away on a 
fishing voyage when this event occurred. Joseph came 
into possession of the greater part of his father's property 
soon after he became of age. It s;ems that a distaste 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



35 




North M};ktin'(:-House. 1T4!)-1S4G. 



THE WIULCOMB FAMILY. 37 

for the hardships and privations of the sailor's hfe led 
him to choose the trade of a "taylor" at which he 
prospered. 

January 20th, 1720, was marked by the death of 
Nehemiah Jewett, one of the most prominent men in 
Ipswich as also in New England, a man who had served 
sixteen years as Representative, and was for three years 
Speaker of the House, Four years later another prom- 
inent citizen passed away, Samuel Appleton, who had 
commanded a regiment in the expedition against Canada 
in 1690, and was a Representative four years. 

In 1737 Joseph was married to Miss Sarah Lord. 
A few months previous he had sold the place on the 
"lane leading to Smith's ship-yard" to John Hovey for 
£155, and soon after bought or built the house known 
to us as the "old homestead" on High street, then the 
aristocratic street of the town, two governors of Massa- 
chusetts having in former years chosen it for their 
residence, as well as many other men of prominence 
in the early days of our Commonwealth. For about 
a century and a half this old dwelling has been the home 
of the Willcomb family. As we visit this comfortable, 
roomy house nestling beneath the sheltering care of 
"Town Hill," it speaks of peace and security. Its massive 
chimney tells of days when from backlog and forestick 
the leaping flames tilled the huge tireplaces, flashed from 
the polished andirons, and spread light and warmth 
through the house. The unequal roof, sloping down to 
the first floor behind, the low studded rooms, the small 
windows, the immense beams and quaintly carved 
mouldings, all tell a tale of an age that is past. In 
front, an elm tree several feet in diameter at the base, 
throws its mighty limbs over it in loving protection 



38 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY 



alike from summer heat and wintry storm, while around 
its roots the children romp and play as of yore. On 
either side stand two other old houses, one the home 
of the Blake family, the other that of the Newmans and 
the Harrises. In this home Joseph Willcomb and his 
young wife began their short but happy married lite. 
Here he lived until his removal to Amesbury, when he 




Onk or THK IrswH H Housus. 

sold the place to his oldest son, Capt. Joseph Willcomb. 
The deed conveying this estate is now in the possession 
of Mrs. William Willcomb, a copy of which may be 
of interest. 

Four children blessed his marriage. They were: 

J(isci)li, li, Dfc. 23, 1739; m.. July 25, 1765; d., Mar. 20, 1770. 
William, li., Feb. 13, 1742; ni., 17 ; d., i7cS5. 
Mary, !).. July 13, 1745; 

He was now known as "Mr." Willcomb. This title was 
applied to captains and mates of vessels; to military 
captains ; to eminent merchants; to schoolmasters, doctors, 
magistrates and clergymen ; to persons who had received 
a second degree at college and who had been made 
freemen. The wives of such individuals were called 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



39 







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THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 41 



DKKI) OK rili: WILlX'OMll HOMESTEAD. 

TO AEL PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come, GREETING: 

Know Ye, ihat we, Joseph Willcoml) of Ipswich, in ye county of 
Essex, Taylor, with Anna my wif.', who doth hereby give up her right 
of dowry in ye premises, hereafter cun^eyed, and 

For and in consideration of the sum <jf one hun 'red and tifty pounds, 
lawful currency to us in hand before the ensealing hereof, well and 
truly paid by our son Capt. Joseph Willcomi), Jr., of ye same Ipswich, 
mariner, the receipt whereof Wi do hereby acknowledge, and ourselves 
therewith fully satisfied and contented, and thereof, and cf every part 
and parcel thereof, do exonerate, acquit and discharge him, said Joseph 
Willcomb, Jr., his heirs, executors, and administrators, forever by these 
presents: Have given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, conveyed 
and confirmed; and by these presents, do fully, freely and absolutely 
give, grant, bargain, sell, aliene, convey and con.'irm, unto him, the said 
Joseph Willcomb, Jr., his heirs and assigns fore\er. 

A certain messuage, consisting of a dwelling house and barn laying 
in Ipswich, aforesaid, with about three-quarters of an acre adjoining, be 
ye same more or less, liounded as follows, viz.; Southeasterly on ye 
county road, northwesterly on land of Samuel Lord, Jr., northeasterly 
on land belonging to ye heirs of Thos. Berry, Esq., deceased; south- 
easterly on land of Samuel Newman, to the county road of first men- 
tioned bounils. 

To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises, with 
all the appurtenances, privileges, and commodities, to the same belong- 
ing or in any wise appertaining, to him, the said Josepih Willcomi), Jr., 
his heirs and assigns forever. ***** 

As witness our hand and seal this fifth day of August, one thousand 

seven hundred and sixty-seven. 

JOSEPH WTLLCOMB. 

ANXA WILLCOMB. 
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of 
Daniel Giddings, 
Nathaniel Warner. 

Before Aaron Potter, Justice of the Peace. 

Recorded Libro 123, Folio 113, Ipswich,-— John Higginson, Register. 



4-.' 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



"Mrs." and lo^ be deprived of this address was deemed 
a serious degxadation. The usual appellation of adults 
who were not "Mr." or "Mrs.," was "Goodman" or 
"Goodwife" before their respective surnames. 

In September, 1739. he was called to mourn the loss 
of one of his friends and neighbors, Col. John Wain- 
wright, an able man, a Representative for sixteen years 
and Clerk, of the House for t ight years. Ten days later 



WM 




W'UKKi-: rill-: \\a i\ wk u^n s I.i\i:ii. 

Col. John Appleton died. He had been Representative 
in 1697, a member of the Governor's Council for about 
twenty-tive years, and twenty years Judge of Probate. 
Both were a great loss to the town. 

Another of Mr. Willcomb's neighbors was the Rev. 
Nathaniel Rogers, pastor of the North Church, who lived 
in the spacious mansion he had built in 1728, now 
remembered as the home of Nathaniel Lord, Jr., so 
long a Register of l^rolxite. Still nearer lived Maj. Thos. 
Berry, another well-known citizen of Ipswich. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



+;5 



His wife, Sarah, died in 1751. The next year he 
was married again, this time to Mrs. Anne Warner, a 
daughter of Colonel Moses and Merriam (Currier) 
Titcomb of Newbury. Six children were born of this 
second marriage. 



Moses. 1)., Aug. 19, 1753; ni., Mar. ly, 1776; 

Anna, b., Sept. 21, 1755; '1., 175 . 

Nicholas, b, .Apr. 2, 175'S; 

.Anna, b.. Mar. 9, 1760; 

Daniel, .Apr. 4, 1762; 

.Aaron, b. May 5, 1765; ni., 



<]., 1845. 



^c:•• 



.,0-; 







Another Old House. 



Joseph's father-in-law, Col. Titcomb, was by trade a 
blacksmith, and a man of gigantic strength, in 1 747 
he was appointed to command troops at Falmouth (now 
Portland). He did effective service at the siege of 
Louisburg, being in command of the last battery erected 
there, called "Titcomb's battery," which comprised live 
42 -pounders, and "did as great execution as any." He 
was killed at the battle of Lake George, in 1755, being 
shot by an Indian, one of a party who had gained the 
rear of his regiment unperceived. 

Shortly after he sold the homestead to his son, Capt. 
Joseph, he moved to Amesbury with the yoimger por- 



4-4- THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 

tion of his family and thus began the movement north- 
ward that in the succeeding" century resulted in members 
of the Willcomb family spreading over Maine, New 
Hampshire and Vermont, 

In 1 769 he sold to his brother-in-law, Capt. Nicholas 
Tracy, mariner, of Newburyport, a tract of land of 
about twelve acres, and a year later also sold to him 
his wife's third of the estate of Nathaniel Warner, 
being a house and land in Newburyport. 

Whether he moved elsewhere or died at Amesbury 
we have not as yet discovered, but think he moved 
into New Hampshire. 



THE WILI.COMB FAMII.V. 



+5 



(Richard, 1 Zeccheus,- William'^ Joseph,-* Joseph^) 
Was the eldest son of Mr. Joseph and Sarah (Lord) 
Willcomb, and was born at Ipswich, Mass., December 
23, 1739. When he was about tive years old the town 
was visited by a series of severe earthquakes, which 
considerably frightened the inhabitants. The same year 
war was begun with France. His boyish eyes must have 




Farm House at Castlk FIii.l. 



watched with much interest the building of the two 
meetinghouses, one in 1 747, the other in 1 749. At this 
time there were no less than sixty slaves owned in the 
town. Ipswich was now well settled, though wolves, 
bears and deer had not entirely disappeared, and much 
land remained to be cultivated. 

To the young lad there was no occupation which 
ottered so alluring an inducement of large pecuniary 
returns for small capital as the fisheries and commerce. 
The river teemed with salmon, shad and alewives in 



-tr, 



Tflli; WIM.COMB FAMILY 



enormous quantities in their season. The bay was a 
never tailing source of revenue, while the clam flats 
then as now made a certain livelihood. Life ashore 
ottered little in comparison, and it is not strange that 
like many another he chose the sea. A century and a 
half ago the wharves along the Ipswich river presented 
a far busier scene than they do in these days of swift 
and easy transit on land by steam and electricity. 

In the 23d year of his age an event of unusual interest 
occurred, the passing of the first stage from Ipswich to 




WllKkK TIIK C A LOWELLS LiVF.I) 



Boston. The following year (1763), the passage of the 
famous "Stamp Act" created great excitement and 
indignation among the good people of Ipswich. 

Another -event of far more interest to the town was 
the building of the Choate Bridge, so named in honor 
of Col. John Choate. This is claimed to ht the first 
stone arched bridge in America. Col. Choate's death 
took place two years later. He had been a Represen- 
tative for tifteen years, imd had held many other ot^lces 
of public trust. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



3 



X 




THE WILLCOAIB FAMILY. 49 

In 1765, Joseph was married to Mrs. Sarah Treadwell, 
and during- the following- decade tive children were born 
to them. They were : 

Sarah, b., July 11, 1766; m., July 10, 1785; d., 

Joseph, b., Jan. 31, 1768; d., 1788. 

William, b., July 29, 1769; m., 1789; d., Apr. 21, 1809. 

Mary, b., Apr. 23, 1775; m., Dec. 23, 1795; d., Sept. 18, 1843. 

Hannah, b.. May 15, 1771; m., Sept. 15, 1793; d., Jan. i, 1852. 

In August, 1767, Joseph, now with the title of "Cap- 
tain," bought the homestead on High street from his 
father, Mr. Joseph Willcomb, Sr., for £150, who sub- 
sequently moved to Amesbury. 




The Old Hovev House at Ipswich. 

His eldest daughter, Sarah, married Ammi Smith in 
1785, a well known citizen of Ipswich. Her death 
took place ten years later, she dying in 1795. 

The eldest son, Joseph, a bright promising boy, early 
accompanied his father on a number of voyages, but the 
young life was suddenly cut otf just as he was entering 
into manhood. While on a vessel in the Ipswich river 
he accidentally fell from the shrouds, striking on the 
deck, and was instantly killed. 

Of the other children, Hannah was married in 1793 
to Jeremiah Ross, who had done faithful service in the 



50 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



strug'gk fur independence. She outlived her husband a 
number of years, death claiming her in 1852, in her 
81st year. She lived just over the Choate bridge on the 
south side of the Ipswich river in the house known 
familiarly as the Treadwell tavern. 

Her sister, Mary, married Joseph L. Ross in 1789. 
Among their descendants may be mentioned their grand- 
son, Joseph Ross, who has built hundreds of bridges 




— — ----- — - -v^tr^^SS^S^^-*- 

The Old Siiatswell Housk on Hich Street. 



in this vicinity and elsewhere, among which is the big" 
bridge connecting Somerville with Boston. Her death 
took place in 1843. 

The closing years of Capt. Joseph Willcomb's life 
were marked by the stirring" events which culminated 
in the Revolutionary war. The town, as ever, thoroughly 
patriotic, voted £100 for the relief of Boston in 1774. 
It cheered and inspired Arnold's expedition as it marched 
through her streets on its way to Canada. Michael 
Farley was appointed a delegate to the Provincial Con- 
gress. A town watch was ordered by the town, two 
men were to keep watch on Castle hill to give notice 
if the enemy came by water to seize sheep and cattle. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY, 



51 



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THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 53 

to be lighted if they came by night, and if by day a 
flag was to be raised. Meetings for military discipline 
were held in a building adjoining the Town House, and 
the people nerved themselves for the struggle they felt 
was invitable. March 20, 1 776, on the very eve of the 
conflict the spirit of Capt. Joseph Willcomb was called 
from the scenes of earth. 




Capt. TOilUam MillcomD'^ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William^ Joseph,* Joseph, '-^ 
William^) Was the second son of Capt. Joseph and 
Mrs. Sarah (Treadwell) Willcomb, and was born at 
Ipswich, Mass., the 29th of July, 1769. By the death 
of his father in 1776 he was left amid the troubulous 
days of the Revolution to tight his own way in life 
with only such help as a loving and wise mother could 
give. Too young to be of service to his country, his 
was the lot of a spectator amid the great events of that 
period. Within a month of the day when his father 
was laid to rest in the High street burying ground the 
thrilling news from Lexington reached Ipswich, and like 
hounds slipped from leash her men sprang to the defence 
of their countrymen. Able and brave men they were, 
too. There was Colonel Nathaniel Wade, who, as Cap- 
tain of the Ipswich Minute Men took part in the battle 



54- 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



of Bunker hill, distinguishing himself as an active, pat- 
riotic, brave and faithful oiiicer as colonel of a regiment, 
and later serving for 21 successive years as Representa- 
tive. There was Col. Joseph Hodgkins, who succeeded 
Col. Wade in the command of the Middle Essex Reg't., 
another brave ahd active officer. He lived and died in 
the house shown on this page. There was Gen. Michael 




WmiKK Ci)L. Josi-:i'ii H<i1)(;ki.\s Lived. 

Farley, Ipswich's representative to the Provincial Congress 
and later major general of a brigade. He was very 
active in complying with the levies of the government 
for men, provisions and clothing. Three of his sons 
were also in the army. His wife, who was Elizabeth 
Choate of Chebacco, helped her 16-year old boy put 
on his equipments, and charged him, saying, "Behave 
like a man." ' In the garret of her house was a quan- 



THE WII.r.COMH FAMILY. 





Capt. W.m. Wtllcomb. 



Rev. Joseph D.axa, D. D. 





Col. Joseph Hodgkins. 



Col. Nathamkl Wade. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



57 



tity of ammunition, and when a regiment was to be 
supplied, she tilled every man's powder horn with her 
own hands. There was Colonel Isaac Dods^e, one of 
the Committee of Correspondence, and very active in 
promoting the welfare of our country. Hon. Stephen 
Choate was another member of this committee, a Rep- 
resentative from 76 to 79, and later twice elected to 
the Senate. Colonel Jonathan Cogswell, a Representa- 
tive in 76, and later years, also commanded a regiment. 
Nor should we forget Major Joseph Swasey and the 
300 other Ipswich patriots who served their country so 
faithfully and well. 

Nor should we ignore those who died in service : 
Thomas E. Cole, Jonathan Cogswell, 3d, William Good- 
hue, Joseph Marshall, Joseph Lufkin, Jeremiah White, 
Joseph Burnham, James Rust, Stephen Kent, Jonathan' 
and Israel Andrews, Abraham and Isaac Jones, Nathaniel 
Emerson, and the colored soldier, Abijah Story. 

June 10, 1776, the town "Voted that the Represen- 
tatives be instructed, if the Continental Congress should, 
for the safety of the Colonies, declare them' independent 
of Great Britain, the inhabitants here will solemnly 
pledge their lives and fortunes to support them in the 
measure." 

After the 17th of July printed copies of the Declara- 
tion of Independence were read on Sabbath afternoons 
at the close of public worship in all the parishes. 

In such a community, and with two of his uncles 
serving in the revolutionary army, we can imagine the 
interest Joseph took in the varying fortunes 'of that 
momentous conflict. 

With the close of the war, taste and inclination led 
him to choose the mariner's dangerous life. Beginning 



5S THE-: WILLCOMI*. FAMILY. 

with the small boats and tishing- smacks, his ability soon 
placed him in command of a vessel. At this time trade 
with the West Indies was in its palmy days. Many 
were the trips taken to Cuba, Hayti and Jamaica. The 
return cargo was generally sugar, rtim, molasses and 
tropical fruits. His ventures were usually protltable. 

On May 19, 1780, he witnessed a most strange and 
peculiar phenomenon. Darkness came on like that of 
an eclipse. At nine o'clock ■ in the morning persons 
could not see to weave. Candles were lighted at dinner 
time. Cattle lowed and fowls went to roost. The 
darkness of the succeeding evening was almost palpable. 
Many of the townspeople feared the end of all things 
had come. 

Thirteen years later he witnessed a terrible tempest of 
hail and rain. Hailstones measuring seven inches in cir- 
cumference were noted, averaging nearly the size of a 
hen's egg. They broke down flax, corn and other grain, 
stripped fruit trees, and destroyed about 5000 squares of 
glass in the main part of the town. 

in January, 1789, he was married to one of his 
neighbors' daughters, Miss Susanna Lord, whose father 
was Daniel Lord. She had two sisters, Lydia and 
Catharine, and two brothers, William and Daniel. 

Capt. Willcomb's children were seven, as follows: 

Susannah, b., 1789; m., Dec. 21, 1S09; d., 1815. 

Mary, h., 1795; <l., Feb. 19. 1S21. 

Two (laughters, died 1795, 1796. 

William, b., Sept. 8, 1797; m., Aug. 16, 1827; d., Oct. 3, 1852. 

Sarah, b., 1800; died Jan 25, 1822. 

Joseph, 1)., Sept. 30, 1801 ; m., 1825: d., May 19, 1876. 

"Uaniel I.., b., July 8, 1804; ni., Ajn-il 5, 1827; d., Oct. 7, 1867. 

To illustrate the style of living a century ago we insert 
here a very interesting inventory of his estate made after 
Capt. Willcomb's death in 1809- 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



.">;) 




Captain William Willcomu. 
Born 1769. Died 1S09. 



60 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

INVENTORY OF ESTATE OF CAPT. WM. WILLCOMB. 

IPSWICH, MASS., .M'RIL 21, 1809. 



Dwelling house, out-houscs, and al)out two acres of land 

adjoining ..... ?3350 oo 

About — rods of land ])urchased of George W. Sawyer, and 
adjoining laiul of Widow Mary Thorndike 

Ahtnit one and a half acres of wood land at Waddles' Neck, 
so called . . 

One chamber and garret in tlie east end of the (^selling house 
of Nathaniel Treadwell .... 

One floor pew in the Rev. Mr. Kimball's Metting-house, in 
Ipswich, No. — . ..... 

One-half a jjcw in the gallery of the Rev. Doc. Dana's Meet- 
ing-house in Ipswich, No. — . 

One eighteenth of the schooner, "William Henry" and cargo 

19 hogsheads of sugar containing 195 cwt. at 39 00 

5 casks of coffee containing 25CO ll)s. at 27c. 

Notes of seven different persons considered good 

1 1 f[uintals of codfish, ..... 

2 shotes, one new milch cow, one cow 

Bank bills and specie ..... 

1 gilt frame looking glass, i sofa with covering 

2 mahogany lolling chairs with covering 
7 mahogany hair bottom chairs, 2 mahogany card tallies . 
I pair Ijrass andirons, shovel, tongs and hook, i hearth brush 
I floor carpet in west room, i hearth carjset, 2 entry carpets 
I stair carpet with brass rods, i carpet in west chamber, 
I easy chair with covering, 6 bed chamber chairs, 
I dressing glass, I toilet table and trimming 
I wash stand with bowl and pitcher, I feather i>ed and bolster 
I wax hgure, I four-i)ost bei^stcad, underbed and cord 
1 suite copperplate curtains and counterpane witli Cornish for bed 15 00 

3 copperplate window curtains for west chamber 
I bureau, i mahogany chamber table, 6 white chamber chairs 
I mahogany framed chand)er looking glass, i cot and bed jack 
I white chaml)er rocking chair with cushion 
I pair chamber brass andirons, shovel and tongs . 
I field bedstead, white curtains, underbed and cord 
I feather bed, bolster and twu i)ill.i\\s, 1 small bed and bolster 19 OO 



135 


00 


140 


00 


150 


CO 


150 


00 


8 


00 


349 


68 


1755 


00 


675 


00 


1483 


42 


33 


00 


44 


00 


513 


30 


43 


00 


20 


00 


30 


00 


10 


00 


36 


50 


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I low post bedstead, underljcd and cord, i camp l^edstead 3 50 

1 feather bed, bolster, 2 pillows, press bedstead and underbed 16 00 

2 old feather beds, bolsters, pillows, trundle bed and underbed 14 00 
I Irish patchwork bed quilt, 12 bed quilts, Irish patchwork 17 50 

6 blankets, i counterpane, pair blankets, 13 pair cotton sheets 28 75 
9 pair tow sheets, 3 dozen pillow cases, 9 table cloths 24 25 
I trunk, 36 towels, i piece carpeting, i small pine table 4 26 

7 common dark chairs, i maple table, i old chest . • 4 25 
I cloths stand, i pair small iron dogs, i dining tal)le . . 13 -^4 
I mahogany framed looking glass, 2 Pembroke tables . 18 50 
I sideboard, i sofa with covering, i light stand . 36 50 
I floor carpet foi east room, 10 green chairs, , . 1400 
I pair brass andirons, shovel and tongs, with hooks . 7 00 

1 pair bellows and hearth brush, i small Dutch liquor case 3 00 

2 japanned trays and three waiters . . . 271; 
I cotton umbrella and three window curtains . . 71; 

3 pair decanters, 9 pair tumblers, 2 dozen wine glasses . 6 50 
I pair salts and vinegar cruets, 3 pairs pitchers . 2 25 
I plated castor, and pair candlesticks, teapot and cream pitcher 5 75 
I tea set and coffee, doz. knives and forks with carver . 6 50 

1 japanned tray, 2 snuffer trays, and three trays . i 00 

2 silver watches, and about 20 ounces of silver . 4156 
2 pair snuffers, 3 clothes luushes, 2 pencil cases . 85 
2 surtout coats, 3 blue and i brown cloth coats . 22 00 
2 pair cloth pantaloons, 5 woolen waistcoats, 7 pr. smallclothes 16 00 
2 thin coats, 10 thin waistcoats, 10 pair thin pantaloons 17 67 
5 pair linen drawers, 2 loose gowns and small counterpane 4 16 
5 pocket handkerchiefs, 2 pair braces, 3 pair silk hose . 4 75 

2 pair gloves, tobacco box, 2 check shirts, 7 pair woolen hose 3 15 

4 woolen and 5 flannel waistcoats, 5 pair flannel drawers 3 25 

1 pair trowsers, 13 neck handkerchiefs, 12 pair cotton hose 9 50 

3 hats, 25 linen shirts, i small quilt, i oil proof . 41 05 

2 pistols, powder, horn and shot, 2 Hadley's quadrants . 18 00 
2 guns, sword and acoutrements, case razors, shaving box, etc. 8 95 
2 pair boots, i pair galoshes, 3 pair shoes - - 7 5c 
I scale and dividers, spike, gimlet and marking iron . 70 
I 1-2 lbs twine, 3 canes, i spyglass, 2 chests, 3 baskets . 851 
1 portable writing desk, 3 pocket and I memorandum l)ooks 6 50 
I watch string, segar case and 2 penknives . . 50 
I pair fire buckets and bag, I small bi'ije and hymn book 5 00 



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I "Practical Navigator" and erne "Coast Pilot," - ' 25 

I Wattches' Arithmetic and lot of old books, small vise 3 5° 

5 time glasses and box with vials, 2 stone jugs, basket, bottles 2 00 

I shaving glass, 16 panes glass, 4 demijohns, i case syrup 7 59 

1 case svrup, part of barrel Gauber salts, i entry lamp 13 5° 

2 brass candlesticks, kitchen andirons, shovel, tongs and bellows 3 0° 

1 pair flatirons, warming pan, walnut desk, doz. kitchen chairs 5 25 

2 chairs, table and light stand, small looking glass, tin kitchens 4 20 
I copper stew pan, i brass kettle, tin ware, 28 earthen dishes 9 75 
4 dozen earthen plates, bowls, cups, saucers and pitchers 2 00 
8 dozen junk bottles, kitchen knives and forks, meal chest 4 75 

3 iron kettles, 2 iron pots, I Dutch oven, i spider, 2 skillets 4 25 
I iron tea kettle, 2 small copper tea kettles, I brass skimmer 2 00 
I pair steelyards, gridiron, toaster and chaffing dish, pair scales 2 33 
I scale and iron finder, i bread trough and churn - 157 

1 coftee mill and mortar, 9 earthen pans, 5 pots, i glue pot i 45 

2 clothes horses, 3 meal bags, brush and broom, 3 wash tubs i 50 
I old chest, I empty gin case, 8 gin cases with bottles 6 40 

3 baskets with bottles, 2 rum puncheons, i empty tub, 2 kegs 4 10 

4 empty barrels, 10 empty flour barrels, quantity soap, potatoes 5 53 
3 barrels of pork, barrel of cider, 3 empty barrels, cabin bell 15 20 
I ironhnder, old iron, iron rakes, iron bars, 2 pitchforks, 3 hoes 3 25 
I spade, hay hook, axe, shovel, woodhorse, hand saw, shovel 2 61 

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Of Capt. Willcomb's daug-hters, the eldest, SiLsannah, 
was married to John Howard Dodge, Dec. 21, 1809, 
her death taking place six years later. 

in 1 799, Capt. Willcomh bought for his mother, then 
living in the old homestead, the chamber over the front 
lower room, she having sold all but her dower in 1 m, 
the year following her husband's death. The homestead 
was then also occupied by Nathaniel Treadwell, mariner, 
and his wife Elizabeth. 

He lived for some time in the house on High Street 
shown on the preceding page, and since occupied by the 
naturalist Oakes and later by J. M. Bridbury. At the 
present time the place is owned by the Ascension Me- 
morial Church Society. 

In the fall of 1808, he bought of Dr. Nathaniel Smith 
for $3300, the estate on the corner of East and North 
Main streets. On the sime'day he bought a house lot 
of Mary Thorndike and about two acres of land of Dr. 
John Manning, at Wadleigh's Neck, all of which seems 
to indicate a prosperous voyage that season. 

After his death in the spring of the following year, 
his widow return :d to the old homestead. 

In 1824 she sold to the trustees of the Methodist 
Church Society: — Daniel B. Lord, Daniel Lord, Aaron 
Treadwell, Jr., Charles Dodge and Aaron Wait, a lot 
of land 153x64, and by Christmas day the Methodist 
church was erected. !t was built 40x50, with galleries, 
and cost about $2000. This edifice stood at the head 
of North Main street, where the residence of Harry B. 
Brown, superintendent of the Ipswich Mills, now stands. 

Her death took place in I838. 



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Capt. MtUiam OTUlcomb' 

(Richard,' Zeccheus,- William-' Joseph,* Joseph, ■'' 
William,'^ Williaai,-) Whs the eldest son of Capt. 
William and Susannah (Lord) Willcomb, and was born 

in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 7, 
1797, the year the frigate 
"Constitution" was launched 
at Boston. 1 he only picture 
we have of him was one 
he had made in 18^5, at 
Harlengen, in the Netherlands, 
painted in colors on horn en- 
closed in a frame and glass 
protected. The accompany- 
ing cut was taken from this 
likeness. 

When he was but twelve 
years old his father died, 
leaving his widow and six 
small children to tight the battle of life as best they 
might. Like his father he was a sailor, and was early 
master of a vessel, sailing to European and Mediterra- 
nean ports. 

It is said that one of his vessels was formerly a slaver 
and not much better than a pirate. Captured and confis- 
cated by the government, the vessel was put up at auction 
to be sold. For various reasons there were almost no 
bidders. Fear of recapture by former owners, of being 
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or the odium and superstition attached to such vessels, 
deterred them from bidding. Capt. Willcomb was too 
brave and fearless to let such reasons have any weight 
with him. He got the vessel, assumed command, and 
made several successful trips. His fearlessness of danger 
is well illustrated by the following incident : 

In 1846, a young man, William C. Knox, twenty-two 
years of age, was attacked with the most malignant form 




Meetinghouse Hill, showing Court House, Church, 
Dr. Manning's House, Etc., in 1839. 

of black small pox. At his death he was a mass of putre- 
faction. Such was the fear and dread of the disease that 
no one could be found to bury him. Late at night Capt. 
Nathaniel Scott, then selectman, called up Capt. Will- 
comb, and wanted to know if he would bury the l^ody. 
The captain dressed at once and went to the place where 
the remains lay. Wrapping up the corpse he placed it in 
a blanket, carried it to the graveyard, and buried it. He 
then went to the doctor, was vaccinated, and underwent a 
severe form of varioloid. The captain never had the 



70 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

small pox, it was a courageous act for a man with four 
little children and wife dependant upon him. 

He was married August 16, 1827, by Parson Kimball, 
to Sarah Sweet, a daughter of Aaron Sweet, and a sister 
of Louise Sweet, who had married D. L. Willcomb four 
months previous, Capt. Willcomb had six children : — 

William Augustus, b., May 26, 182S; d., Aug. 25, i<S35. 
John Edward, h., July 3, 1831 : d., Jan. 27, 1832. 
John Sweet, 1)., Oct. 7, 1833; d., July 15, 1858. 
William, b., Feb. 11, 1836; m., Sept. 23, i860. 
Sarah Sweet, b., July 12, 1838; d., Mar. 27, 1859. 
Susan Dodge, b., Oct. 10, 1840; d., Sept. 23, 1858. 

Of these children, two died in childhood, and three 
died of consumption between Sept,, '5S, and March, '59, 

In I836, the captain resigned his position and retired 
from the sailor's life, feeling that he could care for his 
family better at some calling which would not take him 
away so much. He opened a ship chandler's store on the 
lower wharf, and kept outfits and supplies for vessels. 
He still owned a small schooner, the Seabird, in which he 
made short coasting trips. 

Hanging in the dining room of his grandson, Oliver 
Clifton Willcomb of Lynn, is a handsome picture of 
one of his vessels, the "Wizard" of Boston, This trim 
and speedy craft was built at Essex in 18 32, and was 
seventy-four feet long, nearly nineteen feet broad, and 
105 tons capacity. The picture was taken the following 
year by a foreign artist and shows the vessel entering 
the port of Smyrna, Asia Minor. 

In 1847 occurred the wreck of the ship Falconer on 
Ipswich bar. The news quickly reached the town. All 
who could hurried to thei beach, but too late to save any 
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the town hall. The entire population and people for 
miles around came to view them. Capt. Willcomb and 
others bought the wreck ahd tore it to pieces. The 
captain took the iron from it and loaded it aboard his 
schooner Seabird. Early one Monday morning he set sail 
for Boston to dispose of it. His son, William, Jr.. 




"Wizard" of Boston, \Vm. Willcomis, Commander. 

accompanied him. Before they had rounded Cape Ann, a 
fog arose that completely shut out all view of the land. 
The compass refused to work properly owing to the mass 
of iron aboard. It was impossible to see fifty feet in any 
direction. 

As the best plan they anchored and waited for the fog 
to lift. Evening came on and the two passed a very 
uncomfortable night, not daring to sleep for fear of 
being run down by some other vessel. In the morning 
things were no better. The fog hung over them like a 



74 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

pall. The sea was like glass. The day passed like the 
preceding- one. The night came and went, and the next 
day and night passed ere the tog lifted. Hungry, thirsty, 
almost exhausted from cold and lack of sleep, they reached 
Coffin's beach, Essex, after five days of fog and calm. 
This experience may have had some influence on William, 
Jr.'s choice of a peaceful, storekeeper's life. 

When the captain gave up his life as mariner in I836, 
he retained one companion of his voyages, an old ship's 
gun, weighing about half a ton, with a bore large enough 
to thrust one's arm into, and every old resident became 
familiar with the "Willcomb gun." Largely used at local 
celebrations it was indispensable Juni 17, July 4, and at 
election time. When President Polk and Sec'y Buchanan 
visited Ipswich in 1847, the old gun tired the presiden- 
tial salute from the hill back of the town on their 
arrival. They came from Newburyport about noon and 
were met by a delegation of citizens, among whom were 
Daniel L., and Capt. Wm. Willcomb, Stephen Coburn, 
A. D. Wait, and others. The President was escorted to 
the portico of the house of Capt. John Lord, where he 
made a short address, followed by remarks by Secretary 
Buchanan. All the ground in front of the house and 
what is now Depot square was packed with people, who, 
irrespective of party, turned out to welcome them. 

The Stephen Coburn, mentioned above, was one of 
the best known citizens of Ipswich, being postmaster of 
Ipswich from \H2] to I860, thirty-seven years, and the 
owner of Coburn's Block, which stood on the site of 
the lace factory until it was destroyed by tire, when it 
was replaced by Caldwell's Block. Mr. Coburn was a 
graduate of Middlebury College in 18 19, a teacher for 
seven years, and in 1825 was teacher of the Ipswich 
grammar school. 



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Later Capt, Willcomb opened a store on High street, 
adjoining" his house, where he sold groceries for a num- 
ber of years. He died in 1852, aged tifty-tive, and was 
buried on the hillside in the High street burying ground. 
His widow survived him thirteen years, living with her 
son, William, in the old homestead on High street, and 
dying March 22, 1865, aged 68 years. 




Stephen Coburn. 

Capt. Willcomb was a charter member of the tirst 
Masonic Lodge in Ipswich. His framed certiticate of 
membership hung in the lodge room forty-one years after 
his death, when it was destroyed in the tire of 1894. 
He was an attendant of the North church, the Willcomb 
pew being the second from the door on the left of fhe 
broad aisle. 

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78 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

a fancy to an eleven-year-old boy named Antoine de 
Leon, brought him home with him, gave him an educa- 
tion, and considered him as one of the family. The 
lad was smart and bright, learned readily, and at nine- 
teen was master of a vessel. He entered the navy, held 
positions of acting master and ensign, served through the 
war, and received an honorable discharge. He had his 
name changed to Charles Leon Willcomb, married L. 
Maria Hazeltine in 1849, and their children were : 

Everill F. 11 li.. Apr. II, iSso; <1., Feb. 14, 1852. 
Belle L., b., June 19, 1S52; d.., Aug. iS, 1866. 
Charles L., b, Sept. 27, 1854; d., Aug. 9, 1S83. 
Nelson G.. b., Oct. 21. 1856; m.. 187 ; 
Helen F)., b., Dec. 7, 1864; d. Aug. 20, 1884, 

His death took place at sea in 1871. His widow died 
and was buried at Ipswich in 1886. 



Milliam MillcomD^ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William,-'' Joseph, * Joseph, ^ 
William,'' William, ^ William, «) was born at Ipswich, 
Mass., in the old Willcomb homestead on High street, 
Feb. 1 1, I836. He was the fourth son of Capt. William 
and Sarah [Sweet] Willcomb. During the period of 
his boyhood many changes occurred in the town. The 
Methodist church was twice enlarged, the old South 
meeting-house was dedicated, the almshouse was built 
of brick, the Eastern Railroad was extended through to 
Ipswich, the house of correction was enlarged and built 
of brick, a county hospital was built for the chronic 
insane and the Unitarian church bought by the town 
for a town house. 



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When eleven years of age he entered the employ of 
Edward Ploulf, who was then running' a tannery on 
"Turkey Shore," his duty being to grind bark, horse 
power being used. He worked here nearly three years, 
attending school winters, his teachers being T. B. Ross 
and John Warner, after which time Mr. Ploutf's failure 
in business threw him out of work. The next year he 
entered the employ of Jacob Chase, a painter, of Lynn, 




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who lived on Nahant street. A year later found him 
at Roxbury in the employ of F. W. Heintz, a wholesale 
confectioner and caterer, with whom he stayed until his 
twentieth year, enjoying the contidence and friendship 
of his employer. 

At this time his health was poor, owing to the indoor 
conhnement, and catching the "Western fever" he started 
for Chicago, 111., then but a small town. On his arrival 



THE WILI.COMB FAMILY. 



there he joined a party ot lumbermen who were about 
to enter the woods on the other shore of Lake Michigan, 
about sixty miles away. He stayed with them about 
a year, gaining rapidly in health and strength, when he 
came home to get the rest of his belongings, intending 
to take up a permanent residence in the West, 

Shortly after his return to the Michigan woods, the 
company failed, and the men had to tramp back to 
Chicago, where he worked in a store for a short time. 
While here a letter reached him telling of the serious 
illness of his brother John at home. He immediately 
started for home, but was taken with a severe attack of 
lung fever on the way which lasted six weeks. When 
he tinally reached home, his brother was dead and buried. 

In the spring of I860 he engaged two rooms in the 
old county court house at Ipswich, and opened a wholesale 
and retail candy store. At that time the building stood 
about where the Methodist parsonage now does. In 
September, he was married by Rev, C. L, Eastman, the 
Methodist minister, to Miss Laura Parkhurst Underbill, 
one of the daughters of Oliver and Catharine (Parkhurst) 
Underbill, who lived on the county road near the Ham- 
ilton line and next to the Appleton farms. 

She was a school teacher, preceptress of Conway 
Academy, Mass., in 1854-6, of which her brother, John 
W. Underbill, A,B., was principal. Among the pupils 
at the Academy were Henry M. Whitney and his brother, 
William C. Whitney, ex-Secretary of the Navy, and 
many others now tilling honorable positions in life. 

Their children were : — 

Willnir Howard, \>., June 19, 1SO3; in., .\ug. 27, 1883; d., 1889. 
Nellie Louetta, h., July 1 1, 1865 ; d., 1865. 
Oliver Clifton, t)., Aug. i8, i866; m., Oct. 21, 1887; living. 
■Carrie, 1>., May 28, 1876; ni., Nov. 4, 1896; living. 



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The next year, 1861, the business was moved up on 
"Meetinghouse Green," two doors from the Agawam 
House, where a store was titted up in the dwelHng house 
belonging to the Kimball estate. This house is shown 
in the picture below on the extreme left. By strict 
attention to business, unfailing courtesy and a carefully 
selected line of general merchandise of which ice cream 
and confectionery formed no small part, a protitable 
trade was built up which lasted for over thirty years in 




North Main Street, Ipswich. 

spite of all competitors, and only failing health and the 
severe strain of long hours induced him to sell out in 
1890. Among the clerks who aided in the success of 
his business were Miss Margie A, Harris, (25 years of 
faithful service), Augusta Sayward, Miss Sophie Nurse, 
Miss Phebe Tozer, and last but far from least, the able 
and untiring help of his wife. 

Realizing the value of an education he encouraged his 
children to obtain the best the town ottered, and two of 



H4. THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

them, Clifton and Carrie, graduated from the Manning 
High School, the former in '83 and the latter in '93, 
after which she took a course in the Teachers Training" 
School at Newburyport, and later marrying Angus 1. 
Savory of Ipswich, in I896. 

Mr. Willcomb took as much interest in the various 
organizations and societies of the town as his business 
would permit. He, with James Estes, James Peattield, 
Elijah Vose, Abram D. Wait, Jabez Mann, John Perkins, 
Reuben Daniels, J. W. Bond, Zenas Cushing and others, 
instituted the Ipswich Fruit Growers' Association about 
1866, which grew until among its members were enu- 
merated about 150 interested in the culture of fruit, it 
is said one reason the interest declined in the annual fairs 
of the association was "William Willcomb, Reuben Dan- 
iels and John Perkins carried off all the prizes." He 
was also a member of the Essex Agricultural Society, 
often serving on one or more of its committees as well 
as carrying ol^" premiums on fruit. Hundreds of barrels 
of pears have been shipped to Boston from his orchard 
on County street, at prices which his posterity dream 
of but seldom see. He was also a member of Agawam 
Lodge, 1. O. O. F., for upward of thirty years. 

in April, 1884, he was elected one of the trustees 
of the Ipswich savings bank, which position he held at 
the time of his death in 1897. 

In politics Mr. Willcomb was a Republican, and well 
known in Essex County, but never an office seeker, 
preferring the quiet of his home to public life. 

He early became a member of the Methodist society, 
where he was honored by election to the responsible 
duties of treasurer tifteen years later, April H, 74. This 
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felt its cares were too heavy in his state of health, and 
resigned Sept. 1, 1894. At the following- Christmas 
festival at the church his services to the societv were 
recognized in the following manner: — 

"Fullowing this came the presentation of an elegant goll watch, 
chain and jiendant, to Mr. William Willcomh, who has served 'the 
church SJ faithfully as treasurer for over twenty years. It is well 
known that because of poor health .Mr. Willcomb felt obliged to 
resign his position some three months ago, and it seemed to i)e 
the enthusiastic desire ot every one to whom the matter was men- 
tioned to recogni/e his faithful service in some substantial way. 
This thought shaped itself under the leadershi]) of the pastor 
and others interested in the matter in the form of a gold watch, 
and there seemed to lie n>i lack of willing and generous contribu- 
tions, towards that encL Ke\. Mr. Smiley, among otiier words of 
praise, said that of tew men was it so frequently said as of Mr. 
Willcomb tliat he was "the best man in town" and then went on 
to say in substance that few men have ever handleil the finances of 
a church so skilfully and without complaint as has Mr. W'illcomii in 
these years. Over tifty thousand dollars has passed through his 
hands in this time without the loss of a cent and everv pastor has 
received his salary promptl\ by check e\ery two weeks w iiether 
there was sufficient church monev on hand or not. Df tew ciiurches 
can it be said there is such tidelit\- to its himcst obligatic)ns. be- 
cause ot this, while members of the church and congregation were 
contributing, some ot the former ])astors of tlic church begged the 
privilege of being representefl in the testimonial aiul the beautiful 
chain and fendant is the result of their special offerings. The watch 
represents one-tenth of a thousand dollar>. The case is a heavy 
one of solid gohi, ami the nui\ement is one of the liesl of the 
Waltham nuike. L'lion the inside cover is beautit-ully engraved these 
words: 'rresented to .Mr. William Willcomb. Twenty ^'ears Treas- 
urer of the Methodist ("hurch. Ipswich, Mass.. Christmas, lS'94. t'rom 
Mem:)ers and Friends.' .A lieautifu! biuupiet of flowers was jire- 
sented to Mrs. Willcomb, a very worthy help.meet.'' 

Contining as were the cares of his home and business 
he nevertheless found time occasionally to take a trip 



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away to various other places ot interest. In 1876 he 
visited the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. In 
1881, with his wife, he visited Chicago and scenes of 
his early manhood ; in 'S2 it was trip to the Hoosac 
Mountains ; the year following' it was to the White Moun- 
tains ; in '84 he visited Bar Harbor with Hon. Frederick 
Willcomb, callinti' on their friend, Hon. James G. Blaine; 




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the next year saw a very pleasant trip to Mt. Kearsarge. 
Several years beheld a few days' sojourn at Moosehead 
Lake and vicinity. In '89 he was present at the Harrison 
inauguration in Washington. In the summer of '91, he, 
with his wife and daughter, spent some weeks traveling 
in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Two years later, 
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the "World's Fiiir," Washington, Philadelphia, New York 
and other smaller places. 

The historic old Dawson-Howard house on Prospect 
street was owned by him for a number of years, in 
company with Hon. Frederick Willcomb, and is now 
owned by their heirs. 

in 1878 a change of residence occurred, and the old 
homestead on High street was vacated for more com- 
modious quarters on County s!.reet, the estate directly 




Residen'ce of William Willcomb, Ii'swn h. 

opposite the Ascension Memorial Church having been 
purchased by his wife a short time previous. In this 
house he lived and here he died. 

July 26, 1895, Mr. Willcomb had a shock of paraly- 
sis, rendering nearly useless his right side, from which 
he was slowly recovering, when he was taken with 
another the following year, from which he rallied, but 



90 THK WILLCiiMB FAMILY. 

in a more feeble condition. A tinal attack came April 
26, 1897, when he peacetiilly passed away. The Ipswich 
correspondent of the Salem Ga{ettt', a hfelong friend, 
summed up his character in that paper as follows: — 

"lie was a man of spotless life, of unhlemished reputation, of 
noI)le unselfishness, of tender synijiathies : self controlled, yet not 
self cons.'ious nor self righteous — indeed, self seemed to enter very 
little into his thoughts. He was a man to honor, to lean upon 
with confidence and to serve with jileasure. He was a lover of 
Ciod's great oui-door worM, and since retiring from business scime 
of his happiest hours have l)een spent in his garden and orchard, 
where he seemed to l)e familiar with all growing things. He lias 
been emjjhatically a self-made and well-made man. At his retire- 
ment from acti\e i)usiness life some six years ago he stood among 
the fi.>remost in town. As a liusiness man his honor and integrity 
were unimjieachable: as a citizen he was hekl in high esteem; as 
a friend he was looked up to witli reverence: as a Christian he 
has lived a i|uict. consistent life wliose influence has l)een lelt 
through all the channels of church work."" 

The funeral strvices. held in the Methodist Church, 
was conducted by Rev. Mr. Durgin. pastor cf the church, 
assisted by former pastors Rev. John Galbraith of Bos- 
ton, and Rev. F. .A. Allen of Leominster. Agawam Lodge 
conducted the Odd Fellows" burial service, and the body 
was laid to rest in the High St. Cemetery, and there he 
sleeps with his kindred gone before. 




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©liver Clifton Millcomb ' 




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(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William'' Joseph, 4 Joseph,'^ 
William, •= William,^ William, '^ Oliver Clifton'-') 
Was the second son of William and Laura P. (Underbill) 
Willcomb, and was born in the old Willconib homestead 

o\\ High Street, Ipswich, Mass., 
Autiust 18, 1866. He passed 
through the successive grades 
in the public schools of the 
town, his teachers being Miss 
Susie Archer, Miss L. A. Per- 
kins, Miss Abbie M. Fellows, 
Joseph 1. Horton and Profs. 
Martin L. Fiske and George N. 
Cross, the two last being prin- 
cipals of the Manning High 
School, Miss Martha F. Rice, 
assistant. He graduated in the class of '8^, the other 
members being Herbert L. Ehrlacher, Lewis Hovey, 
James W. Cummings, Hattie M. Copp, Anna M. Russell, 
Sadie P. Russell, Eva A. Willcomb and Sarah Worcester. 
In the September following, he entered the office of the 
Ipsziicb Cbroiiii/t'. then conducted by 1. J. Potter, and 
after completing a three years' apprenticeship, was pro- 
moted to foremanship on the ^^^nwsbiirv S- Siilishiny 
Villager, and six months later assisted in starting the 
Newbiiiyport Daily Ne-zcs. remaining there until the 
simimer of 'H7, when he entered into partnership with 
Charles W. Hilton, of Manchester, N. H., to do general 



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92 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

job printing in that city. While here, he was married 
at Ipswich by Rev. John Galbraith to Miss Annie E. 
Emerson, a native of Bathurst, N. B., October 21, 1887. 
and the youngest of a family of twelve children, all of 
whom were living in March, 1902. 




Their Manchester home was on the corner of Myrtle 
and Chestnut streets, and about a year later the print- 
ing business proving unprotitable, he sold out to his 
partner, and removed to Lynn, entering the employ of 
M. A. Leger & Co., printers, where he remained about 
a year, then working with the tirm of Wells & Kellum, 
12 5 Market street, who were succeeded by Luther C. 
Parker & Co. in 1890, and with whom he has since 
remained as foreman. 

During this time but one child was born to them, 

William Ilult, 1>., Mar. 31, 1892; liviny. 

Mr, Willcomb early united with the Methodist society 
and heartily engaged in the work of the various branches 
of that denomination. He also became a member of 
Kearsarge Lodge, 1. O. O. P., the Lynn Y. M. C. A, 
Congress, the Warren Debating Club and other organi- 
zations. 



THE VvILLCOMB FAMILY. 93 



Milliam Molt Millcomb 



1(1 



(Richard,! ZeccHEusr^ William, ^ Joseph,* Joseph,-^ 
WiLiAM,« William, ■^ William,^ Oliver Clifton,^ 
WiLLiAMi") was born at 68 High Rock Street, Lynn, 
Mass., March 31, 1892, and is the son of OHver Chfton 
and Annie E. (Emerson) Willcomb. For the past four 
years he has been attending the Lynn Public schools. 
He was named for his paternal grandfather and the Rev. 
Frank M. Holt, pastor of the Essex Street Baptist Church 
in Lynn, who was for a number of years a member of 
his parents' home. 



94 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



railbuv JHo\var^ rauicomb.' 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph, '^ Joseph ^ 
William, 5 William,^ William,^ Wilbur Howard") 
Was the elder son of William and Laura P. (Underbill) 
Willconib and was born in the old homestead, Ipswich, 
Jmie 19, I863. He early entered the public schools. 
Miss Walton, Miss Fellows, J. I. Horton and Prof. Fisk 
being" teachers in the successive schools he attended. 

At the age of 17 he left school to accept a position 
with the house of Brown, Durrell & Co., of Boston, 
wholesale dealers in small wares, and remained about 
live years in their employ. 

During his early manhood he developed pronounced 
musical tastes, being trained in singing by Miss Laura 
Hubbard, a well known music teacher, and by George 
H. Remele of the noted Ruggles St. Church Quartette. 
For some time he was a member of the male chorus 
of that church, as well as a hired singer at the City Point 
prison, Boston, and later served two years as chorister 
of the Methodist church choir in Ipswich. 

At the age of twenty-one he was married to Mabelle 
G. Ordway, a daughter of Henry L. Ordway, superin- 
tendent of the Ipswich Woolen Mills for about twenty 
years. Their children were : 

Roland Howard, 1)., Nov, 30, 18S4; living. 
AVilliam Leroy, 1)., Mar. 3, 1886; d., Mar. 16, 1889. 

One of his prominent traits was a strong love for 
fishing and gunning, spending many a day far up the 



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THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 97 

Ipswich river with his brother, engaged in luring the 
slender pickerel from their lair among the grasses and 
lily pads. With his mates he often might be found at 
high tide in swimming back of the old mill at the lower 
dam. On one occasion, having come out of the water 
and being half dressed, he was startled by a splash in 
the water and a moment later saw that a boy had slipped 
and fallen from the high stone wall on which the mill 
rested, and was gasping and struggling for life in the 
deep water. Without hesitation he jumped into the 
water and brought him safe to land. Some davs later he 
was surprised to receive a handsome silver watch, inscribed 

W. Howard II 'illcoinb^ 

in grateful reiiieinbrance of 

his heroic act in rescuing 

fames B. Pickett 

at /psiuich, Mass., 

Aug. 21, iSj8. 

in the fall of '85, with his family and brother, he 
was spending a few weeks' vacation at Centre Ossipee, 
and while out gunning one day, his gun accidentally 
slipped from his grasp, and he, making a grab, caught 
it by the muzzle just as the gun was discharged, the 
entire load of duck shot passing through his right wrist, 
necessitating amputation of the hand. 

Shortly after this event he was employed for a short 
time on the Boston l^rord. later opening a dry goods 
store at Ipswich. 

His death took place Jan. 31, I889. Two years later 
his widow married George H. Dexter, a photographer. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



98 



1Rolan^ ?Jio\var^ linuicoinb^^^ 

(Richard, ' Zeccheus,- William,'^ Joseph,-* Joseph,'^' 
William, '= William,' William,'^ Wilbur Howard, 9 
Roland Howard' " ) Was the eldest son of W. Howard 
and Mabel (Ordway) Willcomb, and was born in Ipswich, 
Mass., November 50, 18<S4. He was educated in the 
public schools of that town, graduating from the Manning 
High School in June, 19()2. 




Il'SWH H TllWX Sf.ai,. 

He has lived for a number of years on School 
street, a short distance from the "South Green," one of 
the many attractive spots of Ipswich. in the picture 
shown on the opposite page appears the South Congre- 
gational church, of which the Rev. T. Frank Waters 
has been pastor for upwards of twenty years. 

In front of the church now stands a commemorative 
tablet of much historic interest. 



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3ohn TOillcomb/ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,^ Richard,3 John,^) Was the 
eldest son of Richard and Ehzabeth (Hodgkins) Willcomb, 
and was horn at Ipswich, Mass., in April, 1715. Con- 
cerning his occupation and early life we know nothing. 
It is very probable that he was a farmer, or he may 
have been simply a farm laborer. 

His nineteenth year was marked by the celebration of 
the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the town, 







and about a decade later the war with France created 
a very lively interest, especially the capture of Louisburg 
by the New England forces. 

He was married in the latter part of 1738, his inten- 
tion of marriage being published Nov. 2 5th of that year. 
His wife was Hannah Blye, and the date of her death 
is recorded in the Ipswich records as occurring July 5, 
1758. 

We have found no entries there as to their children, 
if they had any. 

His own death occurred at Ipswich, Nov. 9, 1/65, in 
his 51st year. 



102 THE W I LI.COM B FAMILY. 



2)anicl Xor^ lUillcomb ' 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William^ Joseph,-* Joseph, ^ 
William, c Daniel L.,M Was the youngest child of 
Capt. WilHam and Susannah (Lord) Willcomb, and was 
bom at Ipswich, Mass., July 8, 1804. 

His twentieth year was made memorable by the visit 
of General Lafayette to Ipswich, in the same year the 
Methodist society was incorporated, two years later the 
Sunday School was formed. In i860 the present edifice 
was erected. Mr. Willcomb is well remembered for his 
hearty interest in this society, especially in the prayer 
meetings. 

In 18^7 Mr. Willcomb served as constable of Ipswich. 
He was a custom house officer in I838, 184^ and in 

1855. 

Ipswich wharves were busy places in his early man- 
hood, no fewer than twenty-tive vessels being enrolled 
at the Ipswich Custom House. About this time the 
privilege Of catching shad and alewives was let at $1 
a barrel. On an average 350 barrels were caught in the 
river each year. 

He learned the wheelwright's trade and for a number 
of years carried on the business on North Main street, 
near the corner of East street, Ipswich. Afterward he 
opened a store on East street, and after moving twice, 
settled on the corner of what is now Willcomb's square, 
in the building now occupied by his son, Lewis E. 
Willcomb. 



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103 




The Methodist Chikch, Irswn h. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



105 



For a number of years he kept this store, selling a 
great variety of articles, such as groceries, dry goods, 
confectionery, hardware, lumber, etc. Among other things 
he instituted and carried on an express business between 
Ipswich and Boston, and which was continued by his 
son, Henry P. Willcomb, for manv vears. 




The Treadwell House Ii'Swich. 



In 1846 Mr. Willcomb owned a wharf, buildings and 
land on the road leading to Jewries' Neck. 

One of the prominent Ipswich houses which passed 
away during his lifetime was the old Treadwell house, 
on Meeting-house green. It stood about where the 
Public Library now does, the above engraving, which we 
present through the courtesy of Miss Lottie Coburn, 
showing the house and also the old Probate building. 

He was married April 5, 1827, to Miss Louisa Sweet, 



10(j THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

a daughter of Aaron Sweet, who resided on the lower 
end of what is now Summer street. Eight boys and 
two girls were horn to them. 

Daniel, h., Feb. 24, 1828; d.. May i, 1S63. 

Mary L., b., Nov. 30, 1829; m., Mar. 5, 1855 ; 

Frederick, Nov. 29, 1831 ; m., 1856, 1S63, 1890; d., Nov. 21, '01. 

(George, b., Jan. 4, 1834; m., ; living. 

Charles S., b., Apr. Ji, 1837; "^•- June 28, 1878; living. 
Lewis E., b., Apr. 3, 1839; m., Apr. 20, 1864; living. 
Henry P., !j., Apr. 7, 1844; m., 186S, 1881, 1902; living. 
Edward S., h., Nov. 8, 1S4S; m., Sept. 3, 1874; living, 
Harriet, b., Nov. 10, 1841 ; m., Oct. 23, 1862; living. 
Edward S., b., .Sept. 1847; ^'v 1848. 

His son Daniel, went to California in a Salem ship in 
1849, and died at San Jose of consumption, in I865. 

Mary Louise, one of the daughters, married Andrew 
Lowe, March 5, 1855, and for many years lived on the 
"South Side'' in Ipswich. She had three daughters. 
After her husband's death in 1901 she changed her resi- 
dence to High street, opposite the burying ground. 

The other daughter, Harriet, was married to D. M. 
Tyler, Oct. 23, 18C2. Her son, Prof. Harry W., is now 
secretary of the Mass. Institute of Technology, and her 
daughter, Emily, has been for a number of years a very 
successful school teacher. 

He died at Ipswich, Mass., October 7, I867, of liver 
trouble, in his sixty-third year. 



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107 




Daniel Lord Willcomb. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 109 



Mon. ffrcbcrtcl^ Millcomb." 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph, ^ Joseph^ 
William,'^ Daniel Lord,'' Frederick^) Was the second 
son of Daniel L. and Louisa (Sweet) Willcomb, and was 
born in Ipswich, Mass., Nov. 29, I831, three years be- 
fore the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the 
founding of the town. 

Educated in the public schools, in his early manhood 
he succeeded his father in the grocery and provision 
business, which he continued for about twenty years, 
when he was succeeded by his brother, Lewis E., who 
has carried it on up to the present time. 

His whole life, it may be said, has been spent in his 
native town, though many have been the trips to other 
places in connection with his various business and polit- 
ical enterprises in Ipswich and Boston, as well as the 
pleasure outings of which he was so fond. 

For four consecutive years (1861-1865) he held otfice 
as one of the three selectmen of Ipswich during the 
dark days of the Civil War, when the loyal old town 
so nobly sent her men and money to preserve our Union. 
His associates were Aaron Cogswell, Joseph Cogswell, 
Joseph Ross and Richard T. Dodge. It has been estimated 
that every other man in the town enlisted to support 
the Government in that life and death struggle, and the 
duties of that period were both arduous and constant, 
demanding energy, ability and courage. We insert here 
a list of Ipswich volunteers in grateful tribute to their 
memory, and picture of the monument erected in their 
honor by their fellow citizens. 



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THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Ipswich Volunteers, '61-'65. 



Ipswich sent three hundred and forty-eight men to the war. The follow- 
inf( list includes a number of soldiers who became permanent residents of 
this town after the close of the Rebellion. 



J. L. Akerman 
Calvin Andrews 

C. O. Andrews 

D. H. Andrews 

E. A. Andrews 
G. N. Andrews 
I. M. Andrews 
J. J. Andrews 
L. B. Andrews 
P. A. Andrews 
James Appleton 
i^. D. Atkinson 
E. P. Averill 
W. \\\ Averill 
Amasa P. Bailey 
John Bailey 
Oliver A. Bailey 
Charles H. Baker 
C. \V. Baker 

G. H. Baker 
Geo. \V. Baker 
John K. Baker 
S. H. Baker 
C. W. Bamford 
Georsje Barker 
G. \V. Barker 
John A. Barker 
John F. Barton 
\Vm. K. Barton 
Geo. \V. Basley 
C. P. Basley 
C. P. Batchelder 
H. K. Batchelder 
Hardy M. Beck 
L. M. Blaisdell 
Asher Blake 
John Bodwell 
Neil Boyd 
Chas. Boynton 
Warren Boynton 
G. \V. Bo wen 
G. S. Brad street 
G. F. Bridges 
J. O. liridges 
K. A. Bridges 
L. A. lirockelbank 
I). Broderick 
Benjamin Brown 
Edward l?rown 
Geo. A. Brown 
H. A. Brown 
Irving Brown 
J. W. Brown 
J. F. Brown 
J . B Brown 
Leverett Brown 
I.. C. Brown 
Tristram Brown 
Walter Brown, Jr. 



W. L. Bugbee 
Abram. Burnham 
N. F. Burnliam 
Win. Burnham 
Alonzo Butler 
John ¥. Butler 
Pierce Butler 
George Buzzell 
Isaac Buzzell 
Thos. Cafferv 
J. G. Caldwell 
William Callahan 
James W.Capwell 
Patrick H. Carr 
William Cash 
N. W. Chambers 
Jos. H. Chaniel 
W. A. Chaplin 
C. H. Chapman 
Moses Chapman 
Thos. T. Chapman 
J. W. Cheever 
James A. Clark 
I. F. G. Clark 
John W. Clark 
Philip E. Clarke 
H. A. Cowles 
Clarence Coburn 
Win. Cogswell 
T. E. Condon 
John Conlace 
Samuel Coombs 
C. '1". Cotton 
J. S. Cotton. 
Moses Cotton 
Patrick Coughliu 
.Silas Crane 
Wm. P. Crane 
W. Crane, Jr. 
W. H. Cross 
Peter Crowley 
C. .S. Cummings 
E. C. Darling 
J. P. Dodge 
lefferson Dodge 
Chas. H. Dow 
Thos. J. Downes 
John M. Dunnells 
T. F. Ellsworth 
Wm. Ellsworth 
A. F. Ellwell 
Albert Estes 
Chas. W. Estes. 
Wm. A. Estes 
Eben Evans 
H. A. Fall 
Daniel A. Fellows 
A. p. Felton 
C. M. Fields 



Albert Fish 
C. W. Fish 
William Fiske 
Joseph Flagg 
Henry Forbes 
Jonathan F. P'oss 
E. K. P^oster 
S. L. Foster 
S. P. Foster 
T. E. Foster 
Walter C. Foster 
Eben E. F"owler 
John J. Fowler 
J. W. Fowler 
John Galbraith 
Thos. Galbraith 
M. Goodhue 
N. Goodhue, Jr. 
Geo. W.Goodwin 
Sylv. Goodwin 
James Gordon 
James W. Goss 
William Gray 
G. F. Grant 
James H. Cjraiit 
J. O. Grant 
John Greenwood 
S. A. Guilford 
W. H. Gwinn 
W. H. Hall 
Charles A. Hardy 
C. B. Hardy 
Freeman Hardy 
Joshua M. Hardy 
Josiah Hardy 
OtisC. Hardy 
A. W. Harris 
Edward Harris 
James Harris 
J. L. Harris 
Mark Harris 
Andrew J. Hart 
Charles Haskell 
Henry Haskell 
Nath'l Hayes 
I. G. Hazeltine 
Peter Hennessey 
Albert P. Hills 
Albert S. Hills 
E. Hitchcock 
H. Hitchcock 
John Hobbs 
Valorous Hobbs 
C. L. Holland 
Aug. P. Holt 
Otis S. Holmes 
(ieorge Horton 
J. T. Hovey 
Frank Howard 



C. H. Howe 
Leonard Howe 
Levi L. Howe 
Theodore Howe 
W. P. Howe 
E. A. Howes 
John Hubbard 
Edw. G. Hull 
Tames Hull 
John Hull 
V. a. Hurd 
Geo. W. Irving 
L. H. Irving 
W. Irving 
Henry B. Jewett 
John H. Jewett 
John J. Jewett 
L. T. Jewett 
T. L. Jewett. Jr. 
Wm. H. Jewett 
Joseph Johnson 
Nathl Johnson 
Celesta Kederack 
Jos. E. Kimball 
John H. Kimball 
Asa Lakeman 
Geo. W. Langdon 
P. C. Lavalette 
Pike N. Lavalette 
Isaac M. Leonard 
Charles Leverett 
Marcus Linburg 
Charles W. Lord 
Caleb H. Lord 
Moses G. Lord 
NathT Lord, 3d. 
Robert Lord 
Wm. Lord, 4th 
Winthrop Low 
Daniel Lucy 
John Maguire 
L. W. Mallard 
J. H. Mann 
J. S. Manning 
Thos. Manning 
John Marshall 
John E. Mayal 
Alex. McGregor 
Parker McGregor 
Thos. McGuire 
C. W. Mclntire 
James McNeil 
Wm. McDonald 
John Merby 
Dennis Merrill 
S. H. Merrill 
T.H. Montgomery 
Chas. A. Mooar 
Richard Moore 



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The SoLiuKRs" Monument, Ipswkh. 



THE \VILLC(»MB FAMILY. 



113 



Ipswich Volunteers. 



(CONTINUED) 



Patrick Murray 
Joseph A. Nason 
John W. No yes 
James W. Noyes 

B. li. Newman 
Albert N. Nichols 
Edw. F. Nichols 
Wm. O. Nichols 
Malachi Nolan 
Alfred Norman 

S. Norwood 

C. O'Connell 

P' O'Connor, Jr. 
John O'Connell 
. M. O'Connell 
George W. Otis 
E. B. Palmer 
Walter Patterson 
Wm. Patterson 
Wm. P. Peatfield 
J. S. Peatfield 
Thomas Peabody 
Wm. G. Peabody 
Nath. C. Perkins 
Josiali Perkins 

C. N. Perkins 
W. P. Pickard 

D. J. Pickard 
S. K. Pickard 
W. G. Pickard 
G. W. Pierce 
Edwin T. Pike 

D. F. Pinder 
David N. Pingree 

E. Plouff, Jr. 
John W. Plouff 
H. Plummer 
Wm. Plummer 
Benjamin L.Poor 
David H. Poor 
Thos. W. Poor 



George M. Poor 
Chas. Porter 
Asa T. Potter 

D. J. Potter 
J. Putnam 
Michael Ready 
Thomas Ready 
Edmund Keiley 
A. C. Richardson 
Chas. Roberts 

E. T. Roberts 
G. B. Roberts 
J. S. Roberts 
Edward Ross 
Wm. P. Ross 
George Rowe 
H. F. Russell 
Edward Russell 
J. W. Russell 
Edw.W. Russell 
J. H. Sanderson 
Geo. H. Sargent 
Kendall Sargent 
Wm. Shaffer 

D. B. Schanks 
J. G. Schanks 
Jacob Schanks 
J P. Schanks. 
C. SchofTield 
James Scott, Jr. 
John C. Scott 
J. P. Searles 
John Semple 
Nath. Shatswell 
M. B. Shattuck 
Wm. Shattuck 
James Shattuck 
Geo. Sherburne 
JohnT. Sherburne 
Reuben W.Shirley 
.Albert Smith 



Asa Smith 
C. D. Smith 

C. W. Smith 
Edwin F. Smith 

E. P. Smith 
George Smith 
H. R. Smith 
John A. Smith 
•ohn H. Smith 
John J. .Smith 
John P. Smith 
Rufus G. Smitli 
Thos. R. Smith 
Wm. H. Smith 
A. H. Spiller 

J. S Spiller 
R. P. Spiller 
J. F. Spinney 
W. H. Spofford 
John R. Stacey 
W. A. Stackpole 

F. .-\. Stanley 
Wm. H. Staten 
Henry Stevens 
Wm. Stevens 
Wm. Stevens, Jr. 

D. W. Stone 
L. R. Stone 
Wm. L. Stone 
Elbridpe Sweet 
W. F. Tarleton 

E. T. Taylor 
T. C. Taylor 
T. P. Teague 
Albert Tenney 
John E. Tenney 
Henry Terhune 
C. H. Thompson 
John Tibbetts 
Henry F. Tonge 
Jenness Towle 



William H. Tozer 
John M. I'ozer 
M. M. Treadwell 
H. S. Treadwell 
John Turner 
Joshua 'J'urner 
Coleman J. Tyler 
Thos. M. Todd 
T. Thurston 
T. J. Thurston 
David L. Wade 
Joseph Wait, Jr. 
Luther Wait 
Rogers Wait 
Henry Wallis 
J. W. Watts 
Moses Webber 
Samuel S. Wells 
John West 

E. M. Whedon 
John F. Whipple 
Danl. M.Whipple 

B. D. Willard 
Chas. L. Willcomb 
Geo. A. VVillett 
W. H. Wmslow 

F. L. Wood 

L. R. Worcester 
J. T. Worcester 
P. E.Worsley 
Wm. K. Worth 
Geo. G. Young 

G. Harris 

D. B. Kimball 
H. A. Lord 
J. A. Lord 

C. C. Lavalette 
Thomas Lang 
P. B. Lakenian 
G. W. Morley 



How well these duties were performed may be inferred 
by Mr. Willcomb's election to the Massachusetts Senate 
a few years later, where he served his state for two years, 
(1871-1872). In 1884 he was again elected, as Repre- 
sentative, to the Legislature, as well as serving his town 
as select man in 1882, 1888 and 1889. He also per- 
formed the duties of a member of the Board of Asses- 
sors, and also those of Inspector of the port of Ipswich 
and Newburyport, while he was for many years a mem- 
ber of the Republican Town Committee. 



114- THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

In March, 1900, he succeeded Mr. Morrill as superin- 
tendent of the county House of Correction, being at the 
same time qualified as deputy sheriff of Essex County, 
which positions he was tilling" at the time of his death. 

Mr. Willcomb was one of the charter members of 
the Ipswich Savings Bank, and its vice-president, Joseph 
Ross being its president and Theodore Cogswell, treasurer. 
He was for many years P. G. of Agawam Lodge, 
1. O. O. F., and a member of Martha Washington 
Rebekah Lodge. He was also a director and vice-presi- 
dent in the Ipswich Historical Society, as well as a 
a liberal supporter of many lesser organizations. 

"With all the care and pressure of the public life in 
which he was so interested, he yet found time in his 
busy days to attend with equal fidelity to the matters 
of the church with which he was connected and in which 
his warmest interest centered. His connection with the 
Methodist Episcopal Church covers a period of more 
than fifty years, during which time his energy and zeal 
have helped in every department of the church work. 
He was Trustee for nearly forty years; a class leader, 
teacher, and superintendent of the Sunday School ; and 
no enterprise ever has lacked generous support from 
him. He was a man of wise judgment and keen per- 
ception, with a tact and gentleness especially pleasing. 
At the church service he was always present unless some 
serious interposition came. He took an active part in 
the social services and the pastors of the church found 
him not only at his post, but always ready with word 
of cheer or gift of gold. At the time of his death he 
was superintendent of the Asbury Camp-ground and 
vice-president of its association." The Zioii's HeraLi 
spoke of him Nov. 27, 1901, as follows: 



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Hon. Frederick Willcomb. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 117 

"It is not too much to say that throughout the past half-cen- 
tury Mr. Willcoml) has been one of the most useful laymen within 
the hounds of the New England Conference. Out of a genuine and 
hearty interest in everything that concerned the welfare of the 
church, he attended all the Methodist gatherings within his reach, 
from class-meetings to Conference sessions. And wherever jie wen^ 
he strove to help. The thousand and one little services that no 
one else would do, or think of doing, he did gladly. He was un- 
tiringly generous. No personal sacrifice was ever too great if Mr. 
Willcomb saw in it a chance to benefit the cause of the kingdom. 
It will be hard to find another who will work as faithfully as he 
worked in connection with the New England Conference liureau or 
the Asbury Grove Camp-meeting — to mention but two objects of 
his interest. The loss which the Ipswich Church sustains in his 
death seems irreparable. 

Mr. Willcomb was married three times, his tirst wife 
being- Miss Mary E. Dunnells, their marriage taking place 
Feb. 27, 1856, but who died a few years after, June 
9, 1861. 

His second wife was Miss Margaret Dodge, who was 
married to him May 20, I865. She died quite suddenly 
of paralysis, Dec. 8, 1885. One child was born: 

Margaret, b., Sept. 2, 1875. 

Miss Theodocia B. Hunt became his third wife, Jan. 
9, 1890, and is now living. 

Mr, Willcomb's death, at almost 70 years of age, took 
place on Thursday, Nov. 21, 1901, and was extremely 
sudden and unexpected. He had been in his usual health 
all day, and had spent the entire afternoon in his office 
at the House of Correction, where he was superintend- 
ent. On returning to his home about live o'clock, he 
greeted his family in the usual cheery manner, but soon 
complained of an agonizing pain in his head which 
atl'ected him in so great a degree that Dr. Russell was 



lis THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

called at once. Later, Dr. Bailey was summoned to 
consult, but nothing' availed. He soon became uncon- 
scious, and in a few moments had passed away. 

More than 500 friends and relatives attended the 
funeral at the Methodist church, the services being" con- 
ducted by Rev. E. R. Thorndike, D.D., presiding elder 
of the district, and Rev. F. J. McConnell, pastor of the 
Ipswich church, assisted by the Revs. Jesse Wagner and 
Frederick Woods. The burial service of the Odd Fellows 
then followed, and the body laid to rest in the Locust 
Grove Cemetery. 

By one of the terms of his will he left nearly §4000 
for the benetit of the Methodist denomination. 

The Boston Herald paid Mr. Willcomb the unusual 
compliment of the leading editorial in its issue of Sat- 
urday, Nov. 23, in the following words: 

"The sucUien death of the Hon. Frederick Willcomh of Ipswich 
is a shock to the many who knew him, and there were few- 
men in the state who had a larger accjuaintance. Mr. Willcomh was 
a little short of 70 years of age, but his general activity of tejiipera- 
ment made him appear considerably younger, He had been engaged 
prominently in the politics of Essex County, and much in that of 
the state also, as a Republican, for more than thirty years. He was 
chosen to the state Senate in 1S70, and had been the s:;cretary of 
the committee for arranging the annual dinner held by that body 
ever since. There was no one among its members who appeared 
more youthful, or less likely to be early claimed liy death. Mr. 
Willcomli was constantly in Republican state and county conventions, 
and his figure was familiar at the State House in all the later sessions 
of the Legislature. He was a most genial gentleman, amialile, kind 
and obliging, highly prized by hundreds of friemls, and with a na- 
ture that rendered impossible enduring enmity toward him." 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 119 



Capt. 3o5cpb Millcoinb/ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William, 3 Joseph, * Joseph, ^ 
William, « Joseph ^) Was the second son of Capt.Wm. 
and Susanna (Lord) Willcomb, and was born at Ipswich, 
Mass., Sept. 30, 1801. 

He was married Sept. 25, 1825, to Mary Holmes of 
Essex, who Hved to be ahnost ninety, surviving her 
husband about fifteen years, and dying- July 27, I891. 
Their children were : 

Joseph Wm., b., Oct. 17, 1827; m., Nov. 20, 1S55 ; d.,July, 1902. 

Susan Mary, b., Nov. 25, 1829; ni., Aug. 16,1851; d., Oct. 30, 1894. 

Sarah, b., 1831 ; d., 1832. 

Francis H., b., Oct. 8, 1836; m., May 20, 1S58; d., Feb, 3, 1877. 

Clara Low, b., Jan. 20, 1838; m., Jan. 9, 1862; living. 

Laura L., b.. Mar. 17, 1842; ni., 1S65, 187S; living. 

Lucy A. S., b., 1844; d., 1845. 

Of these children, Susan married Moses Webber, Aug. 
16, 1851, and died sixty-five years later, Oct. 30, 1894, 
in the very house where she was born. She was a 
member of the Methodist church, the W. C. T. U., and 
the W. R. C, her husband having served in the Civil 
War. They had one child. 

Clara married James N. Webber, Jan. 9, 1862, and 
their son, Arthur W., married a Florence Nelson. 

Laura married James W. Watts, Jan. 16, 1865, a 
soldier of '61-5, and after his death six years later, 
married Edward Dole, Dec. 5, 1878. 

The youngest daughter died less than a year old. 



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THE WILLCOMH FAMILY. 



In 1828 the famous Ipswich Female Seminary, a tine 
picture of which is here given, was opened by Miss Grant, 
with which Miss Lyon is inseparably connected, and 
which was later conducted by Rev. John P. Cowles. 
The academy building' was erected by subscription in 
1825. The school session was 40-44 weeks. It has been 
considered as the predecessor of Mt. Holyoke Seminary. 




Thk IrswKn Fkmai.k Sk.min'arv. 



This institution was of untold benetit to the young 
womanhood of that period, and its tinal closing a great 
loss to the town. At one time there were about jOO 
ladies attending this school, and boarding in various parts 
of the town. 

An old Ipswich paper records, "a sad accident to one of 
Capt. Joseph Willcomb's crew happened on one of his 
voyages to Gardiner, Me., in I837. On arrival, Capt. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



11' 1 



Willcomb took in sail within iialt a mile of his desti- 
nation, and got ready to check his vessel, the "Eliza 
Ann," to the wharf. Two men went with the hawser 
in a boat to a pier a few rods below, when William 
Lord of Ipswich got a turn to a cleat to check the vessel. 
He accidentally put his right leg through the bight of 
the hawser, and before he could get it clear, it brought 
him up against the cleat and severed the foot from the 
leg so that it had to be amputated." 

Like his father and grandfather he was a sailor, and 
was generally engaged in "coasting," making regular 
trips to Maine ports and other places. 




Ax Oi.D-Ti.MH Train. 



The early settlers came here for the principal purpose 
of establishing tishing and trading posts, and the islands of 
the West Indies ottered a market for exchange of tish 
for other products such as sugar, cotton, molasses, and 
tobacco. Lumber from the great forests of Maine also 
engaged the attention of our sailor ancestors, as almost 
all transportation was necessarily by water, the Eastern 
Railroad not being built as far as Ipswich until 1840. 

Capt. Willcomb died at Ipswich, May 19, 1876, aged 
74 years and 7 months. 



122 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Capt. 3o6cph m, Millcomb." 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph,* Joseph, » 
WiLiAM,'^ Joseph, JOSEPH W.,'*) Was born at Ipswich, 
Mass., in the house situated at the corner of East and 
North Main streets, Oct. 18, 1827. He was the eldest 
son of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Holmes) Willcomb, and 
early followed the profession of three generations of his 
ancestors, going "coasting" at fourteen years of age as 
cabin boy. At seventeen he shipped "before the mast" 
in the ship Duxbury. 

In 1846 he sailed in the ship Nonantum of Salem for 
Calcutta, India, with a general cargo. 

The energy and fearlessness of our early navigators 
was something almost marvelous. Without chart or 
guide of any kind they boldly set sail in vessels of luit 
150 tons for ports never before visited by Americans, 
fearing neither coral reefs nor native treachery and 
cruelty. 

Three years later he went to California as one of the 
"Forty-niners," in the ship Elizabeth from Salem, Capt. 
Staniford Kimball, master. The passage to San Francisco 
occupied 65 days, and on their arrival he started for the 
gold mines. At this time he had consumption and 
"raised blood" every day. After a year he returned 
home, but in a short time started for Calcutta again as 
second mate of the ship Hainilto}i, via Honolulu, and 
then back to Boston. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



123 




Captain Joseph W. Willcomb. 



THE WIM.COMB FAMILY. 123 

The following- year, issi, he sailed as tirst orticer of 
the bark Eiiropa of Salem, for Tasmania, Hobartown, 
Calcutta, and home. 

The next year was passed in another voyage to Aus- 
tralia and the Philippines. The two succeeding years 
saw voyages as mate of the ship [Malay of Salem, to 
Calcutta, India, and Australia. 

In 1855 he had risen to the position of master of the 
Malay, and Nov. 20th of that year he was married at 
Ipswich, Mass., to Mp-garet S. Blake, a daughter of 
Asher Blake. Three (jhildren were born to them. 

Joseph William, b., April 2, i860; livin^r. 
Eva Adams, h., June 24, 1863; living. 

The following live years, 185 5-1860, were consumed 
in several voyages to Melbourne, Manila, Singapore, 
Siam, Hong Kong and Shanghai, one of the voyages 
circumnavigating the globe twice. 

In i860 he assumed conmiand of the ship Ocean Rover, 
and seven years later was placed in command of the 
Horatio Harris. In 1870 he was master of {\\t Shirley 
of Salem, and two years after was master of the ship 
Highlander. 

In the museum at Salem may be seen models of the 
''Eitropa," the ''Malay," and the ''Shirley," and also oil 
paintings of the two last. A tine oil painting of the 
"Ocean Rover" holds an honored place in his Ipswich 
home. 

For a number of years past he has been living quietly 
at his comfortable home on North Main street, Ipswich, 
and performing the duties of night watchman at the 
county House of Correction in that town. 



126 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

Capt. Willcombdied Sunday, July 1 ], 1902, at Ipswich. 
At the time of his death he was the oldest member 
of the Ipswich lodge of Masons. 

The son, Joseph W., Jr., is at present living in Ips- 
wich, as night watchman at the House of Correction. 

His daughter Eva A., graduated from the Manning 
High 3^hool in 1883, has been a teacher in the public 
schools of Ipswich for a number of years, and is at 
present teaching in the Payne school. 



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Jfrancie iH. lUtllcomb ^ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William^ Joseph, -^ Joseph, ^ 
William, « Joseph,^ Francis H.,^) Was the son of 
Capt. Joseph and Mary (Holmes) Willcomb, and was 
born at Ipswich, Mass., Oct. 8, 18 36. 

He was married May 20, 1858, to Harriet, daughter 
of David and Maria Pickard. Two children were born : 

Mary Francis, b., Jan. 5, 1859; 
Henry Eugene, b., Dec. 12, 1861; 

For some years he lived at Ipswich on the corner of 
East and North Main streets, and later in New York city. 
By occupation he was a mariner and shoemaker. 

His death occurred Feb. ], 1877. 

Mary was married to John B. Demarais of Bridgton, 
N. J., a seaman, September 22, 1876. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



127 



Mcnrv^ pcrrv^ liClillcomb" 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William,'' Joseph,* Joseph, 5 
WiLLiAM,6 Daniel L.,' Henry P.,^) Was the son of 
Daniel L. and Louisa (Sweet) Willcomh, and was born 
at Ipswich, Mass., April 7, 1844. 

He succeeded his father in the express business between 
Ipswich and Boston, and has practically been engaged in 




The Old Agawam House, Ipswich. 

that profession all his life. For many years he lived in 
the house on County street directly opposite the Ascension 
Memorial Church. 

He was married at Charlestown, April 16, 1868, to 
Josephine Turner, daughter of James R. and Lucy A. 
Turner. Three children were born to them: 

Herbert, b., Oct. 9, 1870; ni., 1S92; living. 
Helen, b., Mar. 10, 1S72; m., 1S95; living. 
Marion May, b., 18 d., Oct. 19, 1879. 



128 THE WILLCOMB FAMIIA". 

His wife, Josephine, died September 3, 1879, and two 
years later he was married February 22, 1887, to Mary 
E. Chapman, daughter of Charles W. and Charlotte 
(Smith) Chapman. This second wife died Jan. 27, 1887. 

His third wife was Mrs. Grace A. Brock el bank, the 
marriage taking place Jan. 18, 1902. 

The eldest daughter, Helen, was married in 1895 to 
Alfred R. Jewett of Ipswich. 



Charlee Sweet Millcomb^ 

(Richard,! zeccheus,"^ Willi-am,^ Joseph,^ Joseph, ^ 
William,'' Daniel L.,^ Charles S.«) Was the son of 
Daniel L., and Louisa (Sweet) Willcomb, and was born 
at Ipswich, Mass., April 11, 1837. 

He was married to Mrs. Adelia F. (Marble) Lindley, 
at Ipswich, June 28, 1878. One child was born: 

Marion E., b., July 28, 1880; 

For the greater part of his life he has lived at Ipswich. 
At present he is in the employ of the Boston & Maine 
Railroad. 

A step-son, Winifred H. Lindley, has taken the name 
"Willcomb," by which he is generally known in Ipswich. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



129 



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131 



Herbert TOilleomb' 

^Richard,' Zeccheus,^ William,'' Joseph, * Joseph, "^ 
William, « Daniel Lord,' Henry Perry,^ Herbert'^) 
Was the only son of Henry P. and Josephine (Turner) 
Wilkomb, and was born at Ipswich, Mass., October 9, 
1870. 










View ox the Ii-swicii River. 



He married a Florence McDonald at Ipswich, and has 
one daughter, 

Adaline, h., July 7, 1892; living. 

Mr. Wilkomb has been for some years an employee at 
the General Electric Works, Lynn, Mass., having his 
home on Boston street. 



132 THE \VI LI-CO MB FAMILY. 



Xcwis ]E^^vin ^Uillcoinb/ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,^ William/'' Joseph/ Joseph,'^ 
William/ Daniel Lord/ Lewis Edwin/) Was born 
at Ipswich, Mass., April 3, I839, and was the son of 
Daniel L. and Louisa (Sweet) Willcomb. 

In early life he went to California and the north-west 
territories, and was one of the party that founded Helena, 
now the capitol of Montana. 

At the age of 25 he was married by the Rev. Robert 
Southgate, April 20, 1864, to Lucy A. Ross, daughter 
of Daniel and Elizabeth (Perkins) Ross. 

One son and one daughter were born to them : 

Kva C, 1)., Xciv. ]o, i8()5; li\ing. 
Daniel L.. b.. Mar. 21. 1S73; living. 

For many years he has been carrying on a general 
grocery and provision business on Willcomb's square, 
Ipswich, at the junction of East and County streets, 
being the successor of his brother, the late Hon. Fred. 
Willcomb. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



133 




Lewis Euwi.n Wii.li'u.mi; 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



135 



©antcl X. IlOtllcoinb ' 

(Richard,! zeccheus,- William, •'' Joseph,-* Joseph, ^ 
WiLLiAM,6 Daniel Lord,'' Lewis Edwin, ^ Daniel L.'') 
Was the only son of Lewis E. and Lucy A, (Ross) 




A Beai'tiful Old KKsinENCE ox So. Main Street. 



Willcomb, and was born at Ipswich, Mass., March 21st, 

1875. 

After being" educated in the pubhc schools of that 
town, he became his father's assistant in carrying on the 
grocery and provision business, where he is now 
engaged. 



136 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY 



l£^\var^ Sweet HHlillcomb.' 

(Richard/ ZECCHEUSr William, ^ Joseph,* Joseph,' 
William,'' Daniel L.,'^ Edward S."*) Was one of the 
eight sons of Daniel L. and Louisa (Sweet) Willcomb, 
and was born at Ipswich, Mass., November 8, 1848. 

For the greater part of his hfe he has been connected 
with the firm of Glover & Willcomb, of Boston, now 
George Willcomb & Co., manufacturers of curled hair, 
bedding, etc. 

He was married to Ella G. Morris of Chelsea, Sept. 
3, 1874. Three children have been born to them. 

Arthur (".lover, 1)., Oct. iS, 1875; "'■' 

Cjeorge Edward, 1>., May 21, iSSo; 111., 

Ma<leline (jertru<le, !)., Nov. S, 1888; d., Mar. 22, 1889. 

Arthur G., the eldest son, is a clerk with George 
Willcomb & Co., while the younger, George E., is a 
student at the Mass, Institute of Technology. 



THE WILUCOMB FAMILY. 



137 




Edwaki) S\\ki;t WiLLrriMR. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



139 



Stcpbcn TOillcotnb/ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,-" Richard, ^ Stephen)*) Was 
the second son of Richard and Ehzabeth (Hodgkins) 
Willcomb, and was born at Ipswich, Mass., August 9, 
1719. 

It is supposed that he was a sea-faring man, and in 



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early hfe removed to Salem, then of first importance 
in the Commonwealth as a maritime place. 

In 1785 the first vessel ever sent from this country 
to the Isle of France, Calcutta and India, sailed from 
Salem, and that town for years held almost a monopoly 
of the commerce with these ports. Trade with other 
ports in the East Indies and Japan was also initiated by 
the merchants of Salem. 



140 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



November 25, 17^9, he was married at Salem, Mass. 
to Sarah Beadle. Six children were born to them : 

Thomas, b., 1753; m., 1770, 1782; d., A])r. 17, 1789. 

Sarah, 1)., 1 748 ; m., Dec. ^o, 1 764. 

Margaret, h., 1748; m., 1774; d., 181 5. 

Susanna, hap., Jan. 23, 1758; 111., .\\m\ 23, 1771. 

Stephen, h., Vch. 25, 1759; 

Mary, 1)., Aug. 24, 1760; m., Jan. 12, 1777. 

Sarah was married to Benjamin Masury at Salem, 
December ^0, 1764. 

Margaret married Benjamin Nourse, a baker, in 1774. 
They lived on Daniels street, and had at least two 




children, one of whom, Margaret, died in iSll at Bos- 
ton, and was brought to Salem for burial. 

Susanna was married to David Smith, April 2}, 
\77\, at Salem. 

Mary was married to Joseph Dane at Salem, January 
12, 1777. 

There is a Salem record of a Mary Welcome marry- 
ing a John Williams at Salem, November 9, 1781. 

Stephen died at Salem some time in 1783. His widow 
died at Salem in 1815, upward of 90 years of age. 

hi the granting of the administration on his estate he 
is spoken of as "Stephen Welcome, Tailor." 



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IPSWICH HISTORY 

I634-I9O2. 



144 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Mistortcal. 

In the preceding" section of the book is given the 
record of nearly all the Willcombs who were born at, 
or who have lived at Ipswich, Mass., and as the period 
of their residence there covers more than two centuries, 
we have inserted in brief, several pages of historical 
matter pertaining to that town since its founding in 16H. 



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145 



FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN M.'^SSACHUSETTS. 



Massachusetts Colony 


. 


Lynn, " 


Nov. 


20, 


1637. 


Salem, first mentioned Aug. 23, 


1630. 


Sudbury, " 


Sept. 


4, 


1639. 


Charlestown, " 


Aug. 23, 


1630. 


Hampton, " 


Sept. 


4, 


1639- 


Boston, first n.-imed Sept. 7, 


1630. 










Dorchester, " 


Sept. 7, 


1633. 


Plymouth ' 


Colony. 






Watertown, " 


Sept. 7. 


1630. 


Plymouth, Settled Dec. 


II, 


1620. 


Ro.xbury, first nienfd Sept. 2?. 


1633. 


Scituate, first ment'd July 


I, 


1633. 


Medford, 


Sept. 2S, 


1630. 


Duxbury, " 


Jan. 


6. 


1635- 


Marblehead, " 


July 2. 


1633- 


Sandwich, " 


March 


6, 


1637. 


Ipswich, first named Aug. 5, 


1634- 


Yarmouth, " 


Jan. 


7i 


163S. 


Newbury, " 


May 6, 


1635- 


Barnstable, " 


June 


4, 


1639. 


Hingham, " 


Sept. 2, 


1635- 


Taunton, " 


Marcli 


3, 


1639- 


Weymouth. " 


Sept. 2, 


1625. 


Marshfield 


June 


7, 


1642. 


Concord, " 


Sept. 3, 


1635- 


Rehoboth " 


Oct. 


2S, 


164;. 


Dedham, 


.Sept. S. 


1636. 


Eastham, " 


June 


5i 


1651. 


Cambridge, " 


Sept. S, 
GOVERN 


1636. 




^ETTS. 






EARLY 


ORS 


OF MASSAC HU.^ 







PLYMOUTH 


COLONY. 


1620. 


John Carver. 


I63S. 


1621-32. 


William Bradford. 


I639-43- 


1633- 


Edward Winslow. 


1644. 


r634- 


Thomas Frence. 


1645-56. 


1635- 


William Bradford. 


i6;7-67. 


1636. 


Edward Winslow. 


1673- 


i537- 


William Bradford 


jtSo. 




MASSACHUSETTS PAY. 


1630 33- 


John Winthrop. 


1679-86. 


1634. 


T.nomas Dudley. 


1692-95. 


1635- 


John Haynes. 


1697-170 


1636. 


Henry Vane. 


1702-15. 


1637-9. 


John Winthrop. 


1716-27. 


1640. 


Thomas Dudley. 


1728-29. 


1641. 


Richard Bellingham. 


1730-41. 


1642 43. 


John Winthrop. 


I741-57- 


1644. 


John Endicott. 


1757-60. 


1645. 


Thomas Dudley. 


1 760 69. 


1646-4S. 


John Winthrop. 


176Q-74. 


1649. 


John Endicott. 


I774-75- 


1650. 


Thomas Dudley. 


1780-84. 


1651. 


John Endicott. 


1785-S6. 


1654. 


Richard Bellingham. 


1787. 


1655-64. 


John Endicott. 


1794-97- 


1665-72. 


Richard Bellingham. 


1 797-99- 


1673 78. 


John Leverett. 


180006. 



Thomas Prence. 
William Bradford. 
Edward Winslow. 
William Bradford. 
Thomas Prence. 
Josiah Winslow. 
Thomas Hinckley. 

.'^imon Bradstreet. 
William P'hipps. 
. Earl of L'ellaniont 
Joseph Dudley. 
Samuel .^hute. 
William Burnett. 
Jonathan Belcher. 
A\ illiam .'-hirley. 
Thomas Pownall. 
Francis Bernard. 
'Jhomas Hutchinson. 
Thomas Gage. 
John Hancock. 
James Bowdoin. 
John Hancock. 
Samuel .Adams. 
Increase i^unmer. 
Caleb Strong. 



146 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Early Settlers at Ipswich, Mass. 

1628. William Jeffrey, John Smitli. 

1633- John Winthrop, Jr., Mr. William Clerk, Robert Coles, Thomas Howlet, 
John Diygs, Jolin Gage, Thomas Hardy, William Perkins, Mr. John 
Thorndike, William Sergeant, Thomas Sellan, George Carr, John 
Shatswell. 

1634. Matthias Currin, John Dillingham, Elliot, Nicholas Easton, 

William Franklin, John Fuller, Mr. John Fawn, John Manning, John 
Newman, John Perkins, John Perkins, Jr., Mr. Thomas Parker, John 
Robinson, Mark Symonds, John Spencer, Mr. Henry Sewell, Mr. 
Nathaniel Ward. 

1635. Robert Andrews, Mr. Thomas Bracey, Dudley Bradstreet, Humphrey 
Bradstreet, Mr. Simon Bradstreet, John Cross, Mr. John Cogswell 
John Covengton, Mr. Thomas Dudley, Mr. Samuel Dudley, Mr- 
Daniel Dennison, William Fuller, Philip Fowler, William Foster, 
Mr. Thomas Firman, Mr. Thomas French, William Goodhue, Ed- 
mund Gardner, George Giddinge, Mr. William Hubbard, John Hassell, 
Richard Haffield, John Jackson, John Johnson, Francis Jordan, Rich- 
ard Jacob, .'\le.\ander Knight, Richard Kent, Robert Kinsman, Roger 
Lancton, William Moody, Joseph Metcalf, John Mussey, Robert 
Mussey, Christopher Osgood, John Proctor; Allen Perley, Mr. Richard 
Saltonstall, Anthony Short, Henry Short, William Symonds, Edmund 
.Sayward, John .Saunders, Hugh Sherratt, Thomas Scott, John Tuttle, 
Mr. Treadwell, George \'arnum, Paul Williamson, John Wyatt, 
Francis Wainwright, Thomas Wells, John Webster, William White, 
John Wliityear, Mr. Jonathan Wade, Mr. Woodmansee, Mr. Humph- 
rey Wythe, Samuel Vounglove. 

1636. Thomas Bishop, Daniel Clark, Thomas Dorman, Samuel Hall, Nath- 
aniel Hart, Thomas Harris, Richard Jennings, Robert Lord, Johr: 
Merriall, Mr. John Norton, Mr. William Norton, Francis Peabody, 
Mr Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Sherman, John Seaverns, Edmund 
Sawyer, Theophilus Wilson. 

1637. Samuel Appleton, William Avery, Henry Archer, Nathaniel Bixby, 
Thomas Browning, Thomas Boreman, Thomas Clark, Robert Cross, 
Phillip Challis, .Arthur Colebeye, Symond Comesone, Edward French, 
William Heildred, Robert Hayes, Daniel Hovey, Stephen Jordan, 

^■"■^ Richard Kemball, William Lamson, Daniel Ladd, Katherine Lord 
(widow), Joseph Mosse, John Northe, Mr. Pike, William Purrier, 
Isaac Perkins, Joseph Reading, Mark Quilter, Thomas Rawlinson, 
Mr. Samuel Symonds, Edward 'J'readwell, Captain Turner, John 
Thornton, Mr. Humphrey \'incent, John Wedgewood, William Whit- 
red, Michael Williamson, \\'illiani Warren, Richard Wattles. Mr. 
John Whittingham, Nathaniel Bisiiop. 

1638. Edward Brown, John Burnam, John Baker, John Cooley, Michael 
Cartwright, Henry Cachame, Robert Crane. Isaac Comings, Widow 
Dix, John Dane, Thomas Emerson, William English, Mr. Daniel 
Epps, Joseph Emerson. John Emerson, 'I'homas French, Jr., Robert 
Graves, Thomas Gibson, Samuel Greenfield, John Hanchet, Henry 



THE WILIvCOMB FAMILY. 14,7 

Kingsbury, Mr. William Knight, Henry Kemball, Richard I^unikin, 
John Morse, Thomas Medcalf, William iMiller, John Newmarch, Kich- 
ard Nichols, William Paine, John Robinson, Thomas Silver, Thomas 
Sherman, Robert Scott, Lianon Stacy, William Swinder, John Tread' 
well, Thomas Treadwell, Samuel Taylor, Matthew Whipple, Mr. 
John W'hipple, Henry Wilkinson, Robert Whitman. 

1639. John Andrews, Matthias Ilutton, Thomas Bird. Jeremy Belcher. Mr. 
Richard Bellingham, Natlianiel Bosworth, Jathnell Bird, Samuel 
Boreman, Edward Cachame, LionelChute, Robert Castell, John Davis, 
Robert Filbrick, Dr. Giles Firman, Ralph Farnum, Thomas Gilven. 

Humphrey, Richard Huttley, George Hadley, .Andrew Hodges, 

John Knowlton, Robert Mohey, Thomas Newman. James Pitney, 
Roger Preston, Thomas Smith, Andrew Story, Simon Thomson, 
Palmer Tingley, Robert Wallis. 

1640. Mr. Bacheller, John Lee, Robert Paine. 

1641. Thomas Hart, John Hoyt, Thomas Safford. 

1642. John Annable. William Adams. John Brown, Robert Beacham, Rich- 
ard Bitgood, Henry Bachellor, Thomas Brewer, John Cowley. John 
Dane, Jr. Wm. Duglass, Richard Davis, Francis Dane, Robert Day, 
William Fellows, James Howe, William Knowlton, Thomr.s Knowl- 
ton, Aleph Knight, Thomas Lee, Edward Lumas, Richard L/mas, 
Thomas Perry, John Pettis, Moses Pingrey, Henry Finder Danisl 
Podd, John Reddin, Richard Scofield, Theophilus Ketchell, Richard 
Smith, Daniel Warner, 

1643. Richard Andrews. William Buckley, Thomas Low, Thomas Windall. 

1644. Edmund Bridges, Robert Chelson. Edward Chapman. Robert Rolserts, 
Captain Daniel Wood. 

1645. Mr. Thomas Whittingham. 

1647. Thomas Burnam, John Dennison, Robert Hunter, Luke Heard, 
Thomas Lovell. Henry Silsbee. 

164S. Wm. .\veril, John Appleton, John Ayres, Hamel Bosworth, Edward 
Bragg, Richard Betts, Gyles Birdley, Job Bishop, James Chute, 
John Catchame, Malachi Clark, John Choate, William Cogswell, 
Robert Colborne, Robert Dutch, Ralph Dix, Abraham Foster. John 
French, William Gutterson, Lancelot Granger, Humphrey (iilbert, 
Thomas Green, William Heiphar, Anthony Harris, Thomas Harris 
Richard Kemball, Jr., Samuel I,ong, John La>ton, Jacob Perkins, John 
Pindar, Aaron Pingrey, Samuel Podd, Robert Pearpoynt, Mr. Bryan 
Pendleton, Daniel Ringe, Mr. Thomas Rawlinson, Ezra Roffe. Daniel 
Roffe, George Smith, William Story, Thomas Stacy, Nathaniel Stone, 
Thomas Scott, Jr., Richard Satchwell, Robert Smith, Theophilus 
Salter, John Woodman, Abraham Warren, Abraham Walderne. Dr. 
John Ward, John Whipple, Jr. Thomas Whitred, Edward Walderne, 
John West, John Wooddam, John Warner, Joseph Lanctoii, Philip 
Long. 

1649. Joseph Bixby. William Pritchard, George Palmer, Anthony Potter, 
Obadiah Wood. 

1651. Humphrey Griffen, Edward Gillman, Edward Harrindin, Joseph Leigh, 
Henry Walker. 



148 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

Summary of Important Events 

OF IHSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS. 

1000. Coast of Massachusetts visited by Leif Encson. 

1497. Cabot passes along the shore. 

1 500. Cortereal visits the coast. 

1611. Captain Edward Hardie and Nicholas Hobson visit Agawam. 

1614. Capt. John Smith visits Agawam. 

Prince Charles orders Agawam to be called .Southampton. 

1617. -^ plague destroys almost all the Indians at Agawam. 

1620. Pilgrims urged greatly to land at Agawam. 

1621. Plumb Island granted to John Mason. 

1622. .Agawam is included in Marianna, Mason's grant. 
162S. Settlers begin to appear at Agawam. 

John Smith is living at Agawam. 
William Jeffrey is living at Agawam. 
Masconnomet is Sagamore of Agawam. 

1629. Hugh Brown and others sent to defend the Agawam Indians. 
Settlers are to be given 50 acres of land. 

1630. Warrants sent to Agawam for those settled there to leave. 

1631. Sagamore of Agawam, banished from every house. 

1633. A plantation ordered commenced at Agawam. 

Agawam settled by Mr. John Winthrop, Jr., and his comiianions. 
'■ Winthrop house" supposed to have been built. 

1634. Agawam is formally changed to Ipswich, .August 5. 
About 100 settlers arrive at Ipswich. 

The first meetinghouse was built. 

Rev. Nathaniel Ward ordained the pastor. 

The "John Shatswell house"' supposed to have been built. 

"John Caldwell house"' supposed to have been built by Richard Betts. 

Tobacco is forbidden to be used publicly. 

Freemen meet at Boston to elect state oificers. 

William Perkins removed to Roxbury. 

1635. Saltonstall house was built. 

Norton and Corbett house built by John Fawn. 
High street was laid out and officially accepted during this year. 
The footbridge spanning the river was completed. 
Musket bullets were worth an equal number of farthings. 
Twenty-five w'olf hooks were sent to Ipswich. 
Dwelling houses to be built within one half mile of meeting house. 
All residents more than 16 years old compelled to take oatli of fidelity- 
Rev. Thomas Parker, Nicholas Noyes, Mr. Henry Sewell, William 
White, William Moody and Richard Kent removed to Newbury. 

1636. A court was ordered to hold a session once in three months in Ipswich 
Daniel Dennison is appointed Town Clerk. 

Newbury was settled by persons from Ipswich. 

Henry Short, John Spencer and Nicholas Easton removed to Newbury. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 149 

1637. Ipswich was supplied with a watch house. 

Only 37 plows owned by the people of all Massachusetts. 
Shad and alewives used for land fertilizing. 

1638. Masconnomet sold Jpswich to Mr. John Winthrop, Jr.. for £20. 
Seven selectmen were appointed. 

Hampton was settled by persons from Ipswich and elsewhere. 

Mr. John Rogers ordained as pastor of First Congregational Church. 

Samuel Dudley, son of Governor Dudley, removed to Salisbury. 

1639. Town of Rowley set off from Ipswich and incorporated. 
Governor Thomas Dudley removed to Roxbury. 
Richard Jennings removed to Ipswich, England. 
Humphrey Griffin refused a homestead in the town. 

1640 Edward French and Robert Mussey removed to Salisbury. 

The ''Dodge house'' supposed to Jiave been built by Thos. Manning. 

1641 Rev. John Ward, John Fawn. Hugh Sherratt, removed to Haverhill. 
Deeds ordered co be recorded on town book. 

1642. Robert Paine was chosen town treasurer. 
The town voted to establish a free school. 

Every householder to own a ladder, for use in case of fire. 

1643. Indian beans are used in voting. 

1644. Ten shillings reward was paid to the person who killed a wolf. 
John Osgood removed to Andover. 

1645. Governor Richard Bellingham removed to Boston. 
Governor Simon Bradstreet removed to .A.ndover. 
Topsfield was set off from Ipswich. 

1646. Governor John Winthrop, Jr., removed to Boston. 

1647. Second meeting house was built. 

Rev. Nathaniel Ward publishes "The Simple Cobbler of Agawam." 

1648. Rev. Francis Dane removed to Andover. 

1649. Smoking forbidden when on the street. 
Ipswich was allowed two-fifths of Plum Island. 

1650. John Hoyt removed to Haverhill. 

1651. The town established a Latin school. 

1652. The mint was established at Boston. 

The second prison in the colony is built at Ipswich. 

1653. Bryan Pendleton removed to Portsmouth. 
Rev. Nathaniel Ward died at Ipswich. 

1654. Dr. Giles Firman removed to England. 

1653. Thomas Rowlandson and family removed to Lancaster. 
Rev. Nathaniel Rogers dieJ July 3. 

1656. Rev. John Norton removed to Boston. 
William Paine removed to Boston. 

1657. Cornelius Waldo removed to Chelmsford. 
Thos. Cobbet is chosen pastor of First Church. 

1658. Masconnomet, sagamore of .Agawam, died. 

1659. Mr. Richard Dummer removed to Newbury. 
Town bell rung at 9 p.m. each day. 



150 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

1660. John Warner removed to Quahog. 
Daniel Warner removsd to Hadley. 
Ezekiel Clieever rtmoved to Charlestown. 

1661. (George .'m tli was s^r:i;.ted 200 acres of l.md for £2^. May 14. 

1662. William Hubbard removed to Boston. 

1663. John Emerson ordained over Gloucester church. 
Freemen's meeting at Boston for election discontinued. 
Rev. John Norton died. 

1664. The town voted to grant no more land after March 15. 

liSj. Plum and Hog Islands and Castle Neck divided between Commoners. 

i566. William Bartholomew removed to Boston. 

1668. Forty shillings reward was paid to the person who killed a wdlf. 

Five men admitted as Commoners. 

The "Hovey house"" erected 166S, by Daniel Hovey. 
i6;o. Every cow is obliged to wear a bell. 

Constables to prevent young people from being out late evenings. 
1^)72. Laborers forbidden to h::ve intoxicating liquor. 

Capt. John Ayres has removed to Quahog. 

1675. George Norton removes to Springfield. 

1676. Thos. Stacey and family remove to Salem. 

1677. Jonathan and Nathaniel Wade remove to Mystic. 
Rev. Samuel Cheever removes to iMarblehead. 

167S. John Norton ordained at Hingham. 

Law obliging all persons to liave some visible employment. 
Governor Samuel Symonds died at Ipswich in Octolser. 
Seventy foxes killed this year. 

1680. John Hubbard removes to Boston. 

There are three military companies in Ipswich. 

1681. Roger Derby and wife remove to Salem. 
A town seal and stamp is bought. 

A magazine is kept in the meetinghouse. 

1682. Tobacco yards have become common. 

Rev. John Rogers becomes president of Harvard college. 
General Daniel Denison died at Ipswich, September 30. 

1683. Samuel Appleton removes to Lynn. 
Richard Saltonstall removes to England. 

1654. A house of correction built. 

1684. Rev John Rogers died. 

1655. Mr. John Cobbet removes to Newbury. 
Rev. Thomas Cobbet died Novemter 5. 

1687. Ipswich resists unjust taxation. 

16S9. Simon Wainwright removes to Haverhill. 

Popular uprising. Gov. Andros imprisoned. 

1692. Elizabeth How, of West Ipswich, is tried for witchcraft and executed. 

1693. .Supreme Court try several accused cases of witchcraft. 
1696. Samuel .Xppleton d^ed early this year. 

Ipswich voted to purchase- three field pieces. 
1699. Richard and William Willcomb settle at Ipswich. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 151 

I7C0. Population of Ipswich about 1500. 

Repaired the "Great Bridge'' over the river. 
1701. Third meeting house erected. 

WilUam Goodhue died. 

The alms house built on the common. 

Esther Rogers, of Xewbury, hung at Pingree's Plain, Ipswich. 

1704. A town and meeting house erected on Meetinghouse Hill. 
Rev. William Hubbard, the historian, died. 

1705. ?chool kept in the town house. 

1709. One hundred and forty men admitted as Commoners. 

171 1. Colonel Francis Wainwright died. 

1716. Governor Sr.nuiel Shute visits Ipswich, October 16. 

1717. -Almshouse built, 40x16x6 feet. 

171S. Tea comes into use among the richer class. 

1720. Flour is baked and eaten occasionally by the rich. 

1721. Dr. John Prigham died. 

1722. Probate office kept in court house until 1S15. 
1725. Elizabeth Atwoid hung for murdering her child. 
J726. William Willcomb, son of Zaccheus, died December 3. 

1727. The valuition of Ipswich is second in the county, Salem being first 

Severe earthquakes at Ipswich, October 29. 
1730. Richard Rogers, Esq., owned fir;t chaise in Ipswich. 
1733- Potatoes began to bi cultivated. 

1734. One hundredth anniversary of the i' corporation of Ipswich. 

1735. Ipswich pays ^400 a year for the support of its poor. 

1744. War begun with France. 

Severe earthquakes at Ipswich, June 3. 

1745. Louisburg taken by New England forces. 
Rev. Jolm Rogsrs died. 

1746. Rev. Jabez F"itch died. 

1747. South parish meetinghouse erected. 

1748. Many great snow storms during February. 

1749. Fourth meetinghouse erected on the common. 
i7;5. There are 62 slaves more than 16 years old. 

1757. Captain Jonathan Fellows has exclusive right to sand banks. 
"Wolves have nearly disappeared. 

1762. First stage once a week between Ipswich and Boston. 

1763. The "Stamp Act" passed. 

1764. Town and County bridge built— first arched bridge in America. 

1766. Colonel John Choate died March 10, at Ipswich. 

1767. A steeple was built on the town house. 

1770. Coffee began to be used. 

1771. A new jail built on the site of the old one. 
I774.- Ipswich voted /loo for aid of Boston. 

Stage driven to Boston twice a week. 
1775- James Foster appointed first postmaster. 
Jesse Story killed at Bunker hill, June 17. 
Severe earthquakes at Ipswich, November 18. 
Rev. Nathaniel Rogers died. 



152 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

1775 Gen Arnold and army marched through Ipswich toward Canada. 
1776. Ipswich instructs her Representatives in favor of Independence, June 10 

Declaration of Independence, July 4, and Revolutionary \\'ar. 

Royal mode of heading public papers discontinued. 

Ministers take turns in opening town meeting with prayer. 

Dea. Aaron Potter, town treasurer, dies June 2, aged 77. 

Hannah Ayres, a noted schoolmistress, died Aug. 21. aged nearly too. 

Capt. Joseph \Mllconib died that year. 
1777- Jonathan Galloway drowned by the sudden sinking of a privateer. 
1778. Ezra Ross, of West Ipswich, hung at Worcester, for murder. 

Six Salem men drowned by a wreck on Ipswich beach. 

Benjamin Ireland died at the Hamlet, December iS, aged 100 years. 
17S0. Slavery abolished by State Constitution. 

The famous '"Dark Day" May 19. 

Widow Marshal died at the Hamlet, Feb. 12, aged 102. 

1781. One silver dollar worth 75 dollars in paper money. 
William Whipple, Joseph Cole, James Batchelder, lost at sea. 

1782. Marquis de Castellux visits Ipswich, November 13. 

Capt. John Calef drowned back of Plum Island by a wreck. 
Joseph Emerton and Aaron Burnham were drowned September 22. 

1783. Great rejoicing at Ipswich over the news of peace with England. 
Houses began to be papered. 

17S4. The almshouse is rebuilt. 

Dr. Joseph Manning died May 8, aged So years. 

Eight men drowned October i, in Ipswich bay. 
1785. Colonel Isaac Dodge died June 25. Capt. John Choate died that year. 

Four men were drowned in Plum Island river. 
17S6. Twenty-five men enlisted ,.nd aided to quell Shay's Rebeliion. 

John Lufkin and Abner Low drowned in Chebacco river, April 7. 

Capt. John Choate drowned off the coast of France, Nov. 30. 

1788. Commoners give an absolute grant of land to the town. 
Joseph Willcomb killed by falling from mast head of a vessel. 
Joseph Perkins fell from the bowsprit of a vessel and was drowned. 
.•\mos Burnham was drowned in Chebacco pond. 

1789. (ieneral George Washington reviews 3d Essex Regiment at Ipswich, 
(ieneral Michael Farley died June 20, at Ipswich. 

1790. Deer have nearly disappeared. 

Aaron Day drowned in a creek on the marshes. 
1792 Ipswich pays ;C5oo for support of poor. 
A woolen factory is built. 
Brick powderhouse built. 
Doctor Wallis Rust died in December. 

1793. Hamilton set off from Ipswich, and incorporated. 

A hail storm destroys about 5000 i)anes of glass in Ipswich. 
Psalms and hymns began to be wholly read in church. 

1794. Dr. Josiah Lord died suddenly May 12. 
r795. A new town house erected, costing 1^7000. 

Four men perished in Chebacco river during a snow storm. 
Pomp, a negro, hung at Ipswich, for murder. 



THE \VILLC(JMB FAMILY. I53 

1796. Joseph McKean becomes professor at Harvard. 

1797. The town records begin to compute money in dollars and cents. 

1798. Dr. Parker Clark died June 19, aged Si. 
iSoo. Population of Ipswich, 3305 

1802. Cato Haskell kills Charles Lewis with a scythe, October 12. 

1504. Smoking on the streets forbidden. Penalty, $1.00. 
Dinah, a black woman, died July 31, aged 102 years. 

1505. Levi Frisbee becomes professor at Harvard. 

1806. .\ Baptist society was formed in February. 

1807. Dea. James Foster, first postmaster of Ipswich, died Oct. 10. 

1808. Ipswich trade suffers much from the Embargo. 
Ipswicn sends a petition to President Thomas Jefferson. 

1S09. Capt. William \\'iIlcomb died in April, aged 40 years. 

iSio. Population of Ipswich, 3569. 

A stone jail completed for the county, costing $27,000. 

1811. Town gives $1000 to Newburyport fire sufferers. 

1S13. Sixteen British prisoners committed to the Ipswich jail. 

1814. Betsey Telock, aged 49, is burned to death January 5. 

181 5. Hon. Stephen Choate died Oct. 19, of cancer, aged SS. 

Daniel Noyes, nearly 40 years Register of Probate, died March 21. 
i8i6. Major Joseph Swasey suddenly expired in the Town Hall, April i. 

Daniel Rogers, Esq., died September 23. aged 81 years. 
1S17. The Probate Office building finished and occupied December 17. 
iSiS. The "Stars and Stripes" became the National flag. 

The town votes to hire $10,500 and purchases a town farm. 
i8t9. Colonel Jonathan Cogswell, of Chebacco, died April 19. 

Dea. Nathaniel Kimball died June 3, aged 86. 

Chebacco set off, and incorporated as Essex. 

1520. Canal finished between Ipswich and Essex. 
Population of Ipswich, 2550. 

1521. Fire engine bought for $450, and house built for it. 

1823. The Baptist society was dissolved that year. 

1824. Boston & Ipswich lace factory established. 
Methodist Society incorporated. 

Dr. John Manning died October 19, at Ipswich. 

(ieneral Lafayette visits Ipswich, and is royally received. 

1825. Over $200 raised to help build Bunker hill Monument. 

1826. Col. Nathaniel Wade, a personal friend of Washington, died Oct. 26. 
The Methodist Sunday School was formed that year. 

1S27. \'oted 10 cents for every crow killed in Ipswich. 
Ipswich Journal (weekly) first published. 
Town bell rung it 12 m. for dinner. 

1828. Ipswich Female Seminary opened by Miss Grant. 

William Burley leaves $500 for a fund to increase Christian education. 
John W. Gould was killed by a bull on Plum island, Dec. 12. 

1829. Col. Joseph Hodgkins. (at Bunker Hill, etc.) died Sept. 25, aged 86. 

1830. The cotton factory began operations. 
Population of Ipswich, 2951. 



154 THE WILI^COMB FAMILY. 

1830. A Unitarian society is formed. 

J831. There are 332 dwellinghouses and 298 barns in Ipswich. 

There are 1S7 horses, 1439 cattle, 458 sheep and 2S4 swine. 

Hay cut in Ipswich amounted to 3179 tons. 

Ipswich is assessed avahiation of $577,142. 

Capt. Jeremiah Kimball died February i, aged 80. 

Kev. Moses Welch assumes the pastorate of the Linebrook Church. 

Stephen Baker is appointed one of the County Commissioners. 

1832. Jjridge finished over the river, near Smith's mill. 
There are 20 revolutionary soldiers on the pension list. 
Platform hay scales introduced into Ipswich. 

There are 213 members of the First Congregational Church. 
.Salt works were erected on Plum Island but were a failure. 
William Sutton died February 26, at the age of 59. 

1833. There are three tanneries. 

Representatives are paid $2 per day from the State Treasury. 

Bank incorporated March 25, capital ;f 100.000. 

There are three hotels. 

There are 36 rnhabitants in the almshouse who earn their living. 

Maj. Thomas Burnham died March 7, aged 82. 

The Unitarian society dedicate a Church edifice. 

1834. Rev. John P. Tyler assumes pastorate of Linebrook Church. 
"History of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton,'" published by Joseph Felt 
Celebration of 200th anniversary of the founding of the town. 

1835. Rev. James \V. Sheppard assumes pastorate of Linebrook church. 

1836. Samuel G. Conklin drowned July 8. 
The Methodist Church wsis enlarged. 

Rev. Samuel Harris assumes pastorate of Linebrook L'liurch. 

1837. Population of Ipswich is 2S5S. 

Ipswich Register published one year only. 

The "Washington Blues'' were organized with thirty-six members. 

Thomas S. Greenwood is appointed lighthouse keeper. 

Sixtieth celebration of June 17, by ssrvivors of the Revolution. 

1838. Old .'^outh meetinghouse dedicated January i. 
The almshouse was built of brick. 

Rev. Francis Welch assumes pastorate of Linebrook Church. 

1840. The Eastern Railroad was extended through Ipswich. 

1841. Asahel Wildes is collector of the port of Ipswich. 
National fast on the death of President Harrison, May 14. 
Plum Island river was frozen over the winter was so severe. 
Hon. Charles Kimball is appointed County Commissioner. 

1842. House of Correction enlarged and built of brick. 

A County Hospital for the chronic insane is built. 

Rev. Jacob Coggin assumes pastorate of Linebrook Church. 

1843. Capt. Jeremiah Kimball died P'ebruary 17. 

Daniel L. Willcomb is inspector of the port of Ipswich. 
The Unitarian Church bought by the town for a town house. 

1844. John P. Cowles assumes charge of Ipswich .Academy. 
Capt. Daniel Lord died February ij, aged 76. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 155 

1845. Willie M. Ellsworth was drowned June 15. 

Ebenezer Biirnham has been town clerk twenty-eight years. 

1846. A section of the town was added to Boxford. 
A vestry was added to the Methodist Church. 
Alfred Kimball is elected town clerk. 

1847. Seventeen lives lost by wreck of brig "Falconer." Castle Nerk. 1 )ec. 19. 
Rev. Moses Sawyer died August 26. 

President Polk and Secretary Buchanan make addresses ;it 1 iswich. 

1848. The church at Linebrook was torn down and rebuilt. 

Fifty Methodists go in a schooner to the camp-meeting rt ICnstham. 
Rev. E. Burchard assumes pastorate of Linebrook Church. 

1849. Capt. Joseph VV. Willcomb leaves Ipswich for California gold mines. 
James H. Staniford leaves for California gold mines. 

1850. Ipswich Clarion (weekly) first published 
The Methodist Church is again enlarged. 
Rufus Choate, lawyer and U. S. Senator, died. 

1851. Maj. Joshua Giddings died Nov. 9, aged 79. 

Rev. Willard Holbrook assumes pastorate of Linebrook Cluircli. 

1852. Capt. William Willcomb died this year, aged 5;. 
Dr. Thomas Manning died this year. 

Capt. John Lord died Dec. 3, aged 88. 

Nathaniel Lord, register of probate for Essex county, died Oct. ifi. 

Capt. Jacob Manning died August 16, aged 68. 

The County Court Records are removed to Salem. 

Daniel Weed becomes County Treasurer. 

1853. The sSth session of the N. E. Methodist conference was h 1 1 here. 

1854. Daniel Ross, a soldier of the Revolution, died April 24. .-.irsd 97. 
Dr. Thomas Manning leaves his estate to build a high schoc 1. 
Abraham Hammatt, antiquarian, died August 9, aged 73. 

Col. Nathaniel Harris died January 22. 

1855. Daniel L. Willcomb is surveyor of the port of Ipswich. 
Frederick Willcomb is inspector of the port of Ipswich. 

The County Court House was sold to the Methodist society. 
1S56. Stephen Coburn is postmaster of Ipswich. 

Warner's bridge over tlie Ipswich river is built. 

The town reports were first printed in book form. 

Rev. J. W. Healey assumes pastorate of Linebrook Church. 

Hon. George Haskell is appointed County Commissioner. 

Alfred Kimball is elected town clerk. 
1857. Coinage of the large copper cents discontinued by the govern merit. 

Capt. Robert Kimball died July i]. 

The nickel "eagle" cents begin to come into circulation. 
1859. Abram D. Wait is appointed County Commissioner. 

The nickel "Indian head" cents appear in circulation. 
1S60. The population of the town is 3,300. 

Rev. Ezekiel Dow assumes pastorate of Linebrook Church. 

The second Methodist Church was built near Meetinghouse (Jreen, 

Rev. David Tenney Kimball died Feb. 3, aged 77. 

Abraham Lincoln elected President and civil war threatened. 



156 THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 

1861. Benjamin Elhvorth is appointed Iveeper of Ipswich liijhthouse. 
Reuben Daniels is surveyor of tlie port of Ipswich. 
Issachar Lefavour is master of the High school. 

Capt. Wm. Philbrook died Dec. 13, aged 77. 

Alfred Kimball is the town clerk, 

War of the Rebellion begun. Ipswich sends soldiers. 

The bridge over the Ipswich river on County street was built. 

A fire engine was bought for $425.00. 

The present Methodist church was dedicated January 8. 

Leonard Howe, soldier, died at Seneca Mills, Nov. 28, age 21. 

Daniel J. Potter, soldier, died at Fort Albany, Nov. 27. 

1862. Abram D. Wait is overseer of ths House of Correction. 
John H. Varrell is postmaster of Ipswich. 

General James Appleton died August 25. 

The old Knowlton house was torn down. 

Capt. Nathaniel Scott died November 16, aged 77. 

Abram D. Wait is reappointed County Commissioner. 

George W. Otis, a soldier, died November 19, a.ged 28. 

John D. Bridges, a soldier, died at Newbern, N. C, .April 14. 

Henry A. Brown, a soldier, died at Newbern, N. C, .April 21. 

William Cash, soldier, died in Andersonville prison. Mar. 23. 

James A. Clark, soldier, died at Ha4:teras Inlet, May 7. 

Edward Harris, soldier, died in Bolivar hospital, Oct. 27. 

William H. Jewett, soldier, died in service, Oct. 20. 

George Morris, drow-ned by sinking of "Cumberland" by "Merrimac." 

John G. Schanks, soldier, died of wounds at Antietam, Sept. 20. 

1863. Coin gone out of circulation, postage stamps used for change. 
.Augustine Heard and nephews give $10,000 for the relief of soldiers. 
Ipswich has paid $13,200 bounty to volunteers for the Union. 

One hundred and fourteen families of volunteers receive town aid. 

The town paid $9768.00 for aid to volunteers' families. 

John J. Jewett, soldier, killed at Gettysburg, July 2. 

Marcus Linburg, soldier, died in service,, Nov. 15. 

George W. Morley, soldier, died of wounds, July 19. 

Joseph S. Peatfield, soldier, died at Newbern, July 31. 

Alfred Richardson, soldier, died at Baton Rouge, August 8. 

Daniel B. Schanks, soldier, died of wounds at Baton Rouge, April 20. 

John M. Tozer, soldier, died at Newport News, October 20. 

Alvin T. Conant, soldier, died in service, October 26. 

1864. End of the war of the Rebellion near. Ipswich has sent 348 men. 
Ipswich pays twenty men $2,500 to enlist. 

The town has paid $12,092 for aid to volunteers' families. 

The John T. Heard Lodge, F. & A. M., was formed Aug. 26. 

James W. Goss, taken prisoner June 22, was confined in Libby jirison. 

William Gray, a soldier, was killed at Petersburg, June 21, aged 41. 

Joseph Wait died May 28 aged 83. 

John H. Jewett died at Gettys' Station, .April 5, aged 22. 

Capt. Nathaniel Johnson died May 17, aged 46 

Georgi Dane is Representative. 



THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 157 

1864. Rev. Thos. Mather .Smith, D.D., died Sept. 6. 

Luther B. iVndrews, soldier, died in service, June 2. 

John A. Barker, soldier, died in service, August 30. 

Chas. P. Bachelder, soldier, died of wounds, Aug. 23, at Washington. 

G. F. Bridges, soldier, died in Richmond Prison, May 16. 

Henry A. Cowles, soldier, died at Fort Saratoga, July 14. 

Peter Crowley, soldier, died of wounds at Petersburg, Va. 

Charles H. Dow, soldier, was killed at Cold Harbor, June 3. 

William Patterson, soldier, died of wounds at Petersburg, June 16. 

W. P. Peatfield, killed at Whitehall, N. C, Dec. 16. 

Cornelius Schofield, soldier, died of wouuds, August 13. 

W. W. Shattuck, soldier, was killed at Petersburg, \"a. 

Asa Smith, soldier, was killed in service, Oct. 28. 

Charles D. Smith, soldier, was killed at Spottsylvania. May 8. 

J. Albert Smith, soldier, died October 24. 

T. J. Thurston, soldier, died at Alexandria, October 16. 

Joshua Turner, soldier, died in service at Washington. 

Samuel S. Wells, soldier, died in .-Vndersonville prison, Nov. 4. 

Daniel M. Whipple, soldier, died at Washington, Dec. 26. 

William A. Estes, soldier, died in Andersonville prison, aged 19. 

James Gordon, soldier, killed at Spottsylvania, May 19. 

William Gray, soldier, killed June 21 at Petersburg, age 41. 

Nathaniel Hayes, soldier, died at Petersburg, Va., July 2. 

L. T. Jewett, soldier, died at Washington, of wounds, May 26. 

Philip C. Lavalette, soldier, died at Washington. June 6, aged 21. 

Pike N. Lavalette, soldier, died in Andersonville prison. Sept. 24. 

Caleb H. Lord, soldier, killed by sharpshooters, June 29. 

Alex. B. McGregor, killed at New Haven, Oct. 26. 

Parker McGregor, soldier, was killed at Spottsylvania, June 16. 

James W. Noyes, soldier, killed at Spottsylvania, May iS. 

1865. The population of Ipswich is 3,311. 

News of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln causes great sorrow. 
End of the Rebellion, and return home of the soldiers. 
Pierce Butler, a soldier, died January 2, aged 21. 
-J. W. Brown, soldier, died in service, Oct. 14, aged 19. 
Nathaniel Chambers, soldier, died at Patrick Station, Feb. 16. 
The number of men of Ipswich who died during the war was 52. 
The town has paid $15,950 in bounties to soldiers. 
Dr. Yorick G. Hurd is elected .State senator. 
Samuel P. Pickard died at Fort Williams, February 25. 
John H. Smith, a soldier, died August 3, aged 24. 
The town has expended over $52,000 to aid in suppressing Rebellion. 
.\bram D. Wait is reappointed County Commissioner. 

1866. Representative from Ipswich is James W. Goss. 
Dr. Yorick G. Hurd was State Senator. 

John H. Varrell is the postmaster of Ipswich. 
John P. Cowles is principal of the Ipswich Female .Academy. 
The Ipswich Fruit Growers' Society was organized September 22. 
Wm. L. Bugbee was killed by Indians near Ft. Phil Kearney, Dec. 22. 



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1866. Abrani D. Wait is overseer of House of Correction. 

Dr. Y. G. Hurd is master of the House of Correction. 

.\n organ costing $2000 is put in the Methodist Church. 

Rev. A. M. Richardson assumes pastorate of the Linebrook church- 
186S. The "Ipswich Bulletin" was published. 

Decoration or Memorial Day was first observed May 30 

Th« schooner "Lucy K. Cogswell" was built by Edward \V. Choate. 

The Free Public Library opened. Miss L. .\. Caldwell, librarian. 

Josiah Lord is Representative to the Legislature. 

1569. Rev. Daniel Fitz died September 2. 

The Church of the Ascension. Episcopal, was built on County street- 
First annual fair of Ipswich Fruit Growers Association held this year. 
Savings bank incorporated by J. Ross, F. Willcomb and others. 

1570. Frederick Willcomb. of Ipswich, is State senator for this district. 
The population is 3674. 

Philip E. Clarke is inspector of customs. 
Joseph L. Akerman died June 6. aged jS. 

1571. The soldiers" monument was erected costing $3,000. 
The Ipswich Advance was published. 

James W. Watts died on January 31. 

Rev. Benjamin Howe assumes the pastorate of Linebrook church. 

1572. Ipswich Chronicle (weekly) first published. 
First annual parade of Ipswich firemen. 
Capt. Richard T. Dodge died March 5. 

Granville S. Spofford, of Essex, drowned at Ips.w^.. .^,vch. March 31. 

Schooner "J. R. Lawrence" went ashore on Plum Island. 

The Catholic Church was built this year. 

Gen. ^^■m. Sutton presents Ipswich with a "hook and ladder truck." 

Schooners "J. A. Ford" and "Harriet Samantha" wTecked Oct. 26. 

An earthquake shock was felt here Xov. 19. 

Dr. Joseph G. Cogswell bequeaths $40cxi to Manning School fund. 

Mrs. Emma Seaby drowned in a creek near Elssex. 

The light of the great Boston lire plainly seen from Ipswich. 

Central street was built during this year. 

Rev. T. H. Shahan is pastor of the Catholic Church. 

Salem I. Cadets go into camp for a week in August at Ipswich. 

Daniel Treadwell, inventor, died at Cambridge. 

1573. The Methodist Society builds a parsonage which costs $6000, 
-A. great Methodist revival occurs. 

Joseph L. Ross gives a J600 set of school furniture to Central schooL 

Rev. Samuel S. Appleton died Xov. 29. 

Rev. Robert Southgate died at Woodstock. \"t.. Feb. 8. 

Henry Stevens was drowned off Plum Island. 

Manning Dcdge died Oct. 19, aged 7S. 

St. Joseph Catholic Church dedicated Nov. 9. 

1574. Edward B. Wildes' bam was burned July 24. 
Ipswich Hosiery Mills employ about 300 operatives. 
Ipswich Woolen Mills employ about 50 operatives. 
Edward G. Hull is Representative to the legislature. 



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i;,-.;. Many Ipswich people attend the World's Peace Jubilee at Boston. 
Manning High and Graxnaiar schools built. 
The Manning School was dedicated .\ugust 26. 
Prof. Fiske appointed principal of the Manning Schoob. 
Yacht '"Isabel'" vras driven ashore on Plum Island, Aug. 13. 
The valuation of Ipswich is $i.Sio.5i2. 

Joseph D. Fellows was drowned at Seavey's creek. .August 25. 
The house of correction has 144 inmates- 
The insane asylum has 64 inmates. 
.■An earthquake shock was felt at Ipswich Nov. 24. 
Capt. Richard Lakeman died .\pril 16, aged 63. 
There are 50S pupils enrolled in the public schools of the town. 

1575. Population of Ipswich is 3.674. 

The brig "Ida C." went ashore on the beach February 20. 

Schooner "James Freeman" sunk in Ipswich bay. 

John H. Blake is Representative to the Legislature. 

John H. Cogswell is postmaster of Ipswich. 

There are 130 prisoners in the County House of Correction. 

James \V. Bond is insp* : • MStoms. 

1576. Captain Joseph Willcc- ..at year. 

Capt. Richard Sutton died Feoniary 17. aged 63 years 

Rev. Eldwin B. Palmer was appointed pastor of the First Church. 

George Haskell, Esq., is Representative to the Legislature. 

The Town Hall was rebuilt and enlarged. 

The Ipswich Female .\cademy closes its existence. 

The pert of Ipswich is abolished and annexed to N'ewburyport. 

John M. Bradbury died March 21. aged 5S- 
1877. Ipswich Gas Light Co. formed, works built, and pipes laid. 

Mrs. Hardy, of Fitchburg. is drowned in river at Little Neck. .\ug. 14. 

Mrs. Joseph Claxton was burned to death Oct. 2S. 

The postomce is broken into and money and stamps stolen. Nov. 27. 

Births in town for year 53: deaths. 53: marriages. 37. 
187S. The schooner '"Helen M. Dennis " was built. 

The steamer "Carlotta" was built. 

Wm. Worwen and Frank Norwood were drowned Mar. 26, in the bay. 

The post omce was broken into the night of of April 5-. 

.\ sand schooner was destroyed on Ipswich bar in a storm .\pril 23. 

Post office broken into, safe and contents carried oti, .\pril 7. 

Otis Kimball died in Boston. .August i. 

Schooner Lucy K. Cogswell had her masts split by lightning. Aug. i. 

Mrs. L. Goodwin's house badly damaged by lightning, Aug. 9- 

George WTiipple's bam at Candlewood destroved by fire Aug. 4. 

Capt. David Spiller killed by a train at Mystic River bridge. Aug 14. 

Schooner "Hop Vine'" went ashore on Ipswich bar, Sept 6. 

A clambake and political rally given by Gen. B F. Butler. Oct. 22. 

Schooner "Sarah .Ann"" went ashore on Ipswich bar. November 2;. 

Moses Adams. Chas. Perkins and Wm. Collins drowned m Ipswich bav 
1879. The Ipswich Mutual Benent .Association was organized 

The sum of I3715 was raised Mar. 2 to pay debt of M. E. Church. 



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1879. Dr. Asahel D. Wildes died March 4, at the age of 66. 

Barns of Geo. Haskell and J. H. Burnham burned in March. 
Capt S. N. Baker died January g, aged 85 years. 
Fire destroys shops and barns at Damon's mills, .\pril 26, loss $iS.ooo 
Dea. Nath. Bradstreet was thrown from his wagon and killed, June 4. 
Fire destroys the stable of Mr. John Heard, May iS. 
Two barns belonging to 0. C. Smith were burned June 15. 
Aaron F. Brown died. James Damon died July 4, aged 79. 
The Willowdale Mills Company were incorporated. 
Schooner "G. F. Higgins"' was driven ashore on the point, August 20. 
Capt. John D. Cross died at Danvers, October 3, aged 66 years. 
Reservoir for fire purposes rebuilt at corner Mineral and High streets- 
Rev. Caleb Kimball died June 19, aged Si. He was blind for 50 years. 

1880. The population of Ipswich is 3699! 

Mr. and Mrs. Huntington and four children drowned in Plum 1. river. 
Col. John T. Heard died at the age of 78 years. 
Hon. Charles Kimball died November 30. 
Dwelling house house of Mr. Garrett at Linebrook was burned. 
Hon. Charles Kimball died. 

There were 65 births, 42 marriages, 84 deaths during the year. 
Abram D. Wait died November 21, aged 72. 
i88i. The ''Yellow Day'' occurs this year. Schools closed in afternoon. 
Capt. James A. Leet died January 31, aged 56. 
Joseph Smith, a veteran of the war of 1812, died May 16, aged 98. 
Schooner "Alice Oakes" was wrecked on Ipswich bar, June 10. 
Ebenezer Cogswell died June 22, aged 79. 
Reunion of the "Washington Blues,'' October i. 

Schooner "Lucy K. Cogswell" sunk by collision with Stmr. Wm. Crane 
Charles Buzzell commits suicide by taking laudnaum, August 12. 
A day of public prayer for President Garfield observed Septr^mberS. 
Public mourning on death of President Garfield, .^ept. 19. 
Mr. Benjamin .^mith was killed at the High Street crossing. Oct. 5. 
Fire causes a loss of f 6000 at the Willowdale mills. 
Samuel Hobson, privateersman of 1S12, died at the U. Naval .Asylum 

1882. Rev. John Cotton Smith, D. D., died January g. 

Prof. Fiske resigns his position as principal of the Manning schools 

Prof. Geo. N. Cross becomes principal of the INIanning schools. 

John H. Hovey, privateersman of 1S12, died August i, aged 92. 

A town well is drilled in Central square, 125 feet deep. 

Francis A. Wait died Sept. 20, aged 60. 

.Steam yacht "Evangeline" foundered in Ipswich Bay, October 5. 

Three-masted schooner "Mark Gray" built at Weymouth. 

Dr. I. li. Franklin died Decemter 7, aged 58. 

Moses Spiller died December 20, aged 82. 

Charles Holmes died .-August 28, aged 79. 

200th anniversary of death of Maj. Gen. D. Denison observed .Sept. 20. 

Manning street was built from High to Central. 

1883. Rev. E. H. Briggs assumes pastorate of Linebrook Church. 
Charles A. Sayward is a member of Massachusetts senate. 



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1S83. Joseph Fellows died February 13, aged 87. 

Joel Caldwell dropped dead January 10, age 58. 

Theodore Andrews died February 26, aged 81. 

Daniel L. Hodgkins died March 24, age 70. 

Barn and dwelling of Mrs. Joshua Lord and Asa Lord, burned Mar. 31. 

Steamship "City Point"' wrecked on Plum Island and is a total 1j s. 

Col. William Baker died June 3, aged 78. 

A. I\L Osgood is elected principal of the Manning high school. 

Reservoir built for fire purposes in Willcomb's square. 

Wilcomb Treadwell died June 29, age 93. 

Thomas Hurcomb was drowned in the cove June 10, age 40. 

Memorial to Rev. John Cotton Smith consecrated June 21. 

The water tank near the railroad station was erected. 

The barn of Mrs. Julia A. Willett was destroyed by fire, Sept. 13. 

First class postage reduced from three to two cents. 

Barn of Mrs. J. Q. Peabody destroyed by fire. Oct. 3. 

Capt. Thos. S. Greenwood died, age 76. 

Rev. Benjamin Howe of Linebrook, died October iS, age 7;. 

The barn of Joseph Bartlett was burned October 28. 

John Spiller died December 4, age 85. 

Unsuccessful attempt to blow open postoffice safe, by burglars, Nov.29 

1884. Town appropriates $1000 with which to celebrate its 250th anniversary. 
Two liundred fiftieth anniversary of incorporation of town celebrated 
"Old Homes of Ipswich," published by I. J. Potter. 

Fire causes a loss of $10,000 to the Willowdale mills, Jan. g. 

Willowdale mills were destroyed by fire, Jan. 11, loss $50,000. 

Births 71, marriages 42, deaths 82. 

The barn of E. Plouff was destroyed by fire February 21. 

Edward L. Davenport died in Somerville Feb. 25, age 46. 

George Hobson died March 28, age 74. 

Schooners "Alfaretta,'' and "Ella M. Johnson," wrecked on Plum Is. 

Mr. George Russell killed by a fall April 4, age 61. 

William D. Brackett died at W'illowdale, April 22. 

Joseph Rogers died May 15. aged 75. 

Daniel P. Nourse died July 31, aged 76. 

An earthquake is felt at Ipswich. 

Mr. Thomas Rigby was drowned in Plum Island river. 

Hon. Frederick Willcomb is representative to the Legislature. 

Warren Averill died December 26, age 75 years. 

Joseph Marshall's barn at Candlewood was burned Dec 31. 

There were 75 births, 48 marriages, gS deaths during the year. 

1885. Hon. Samuel H. Wade died at Alton, III., Jan. 2, age 79. 
The Ipswich woolen mills were sold at auction. 
Hon. Wm. Caldwell died at Augusta, Me., Mar. 8, 
Asher Blake died March 8, at an advanced age. 

Schooner "Isabella Thompson" wrecked on Castle Neck Dec. i. 

Gilbert Conant died March 21, aged 81. 

Dwelling house of Mr. John Heard burned July 3. 

Israel C. Jewett died July 6, aged 64. 



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1SS5. Jacob B. Tenney died June i;, age 78. 

The Agawam Band was formed. 

The population of Ipswich is 4207. 

George ]\I. Smith is elected principal of the Manning high school. 

W. Howard Willcomb lost his right arm by a gunshot accident. 

Post office burglarized and over $503 stolen, Dec. 33. 

Capt. Henry S. Holmes died Dec. 31. 

Capt. Eben Lakeman died Aug. 17, aged 80. 
1886. Capt. Thomas Sweet died January 16, aged 72. 

A heavy freshet in the river causes much damage. Mills shut down. 

Capt. Jeremiah Perkins died March 12. 

Schooner "Beta" wrecked on Plum Island, April 7, and three drowned. 

Schooner "Lizzie" of Machias, Me., wrecked on Ipswich bar. 

Edward P. Kimball is appointed postmaster. 

Schooner "Mark Gray" seriously damaged by collision. 

Schooner "Franklin" wrecked on Plum Island, Nov. 13. 

Fire destroyed barn and contents, balonging to A. P. Hills, Nov. 2S. 

C. \V. Morrill IS appointed keeper of County House of Correction. 

Capt. F. D. Langsford killed by a swordfish in Ipswich Bay. 

1857. Births for the year, 80; marriages, 45; deaths, S3. 
Schooner "E. M. Branscome" wrecked in Ipswich Bay. 
Richard H. Manning died November g. 

Albert Stevens and Mina Goodwin drowned in Plum Island river. 
About 1400 members of the Essex County G. A. R. parade Sept. 20. 
Ipswich Insane As>lum is abolished October j. 
Charlie Haskell loses his arm by the bursting of a gun, July 4. 
$2500 expended by the government in dredging Ipswich river. 
Capt. George Patch died in September, aged 82. 

1858. Charles A. Strout is appointed principal of the Manning high school. 
James W. Goss died January 24, aged 62. 

Plum Island river is frozen over the winter is so severe. 
Daniel S. Russell died February 6, aged 62. 
Abraham Lord died March 18, aged S3. 
George W. Ellis died March 20, age 68. 

Ezekiel Peabody died April 15, age 99 years, 10 months, 2 days. 
Moses Harris, having carried the mails hfty years, resigns. 
Dr. Vorick G. Hurd died September 24, age 61. 
Asa Lord, grocer, died October 17, age 91. 
There were 75 births, 43 marriages, 77 deaths during the year. 
1889. John Quill and son killed at a railroad crossing Jan. 31. 

Carrie and Arthur Brockelbank were drowned in Lake W'innipiseogee. 

Peter Bourgeuart was killed by a fall at the brickyard. 

Agawam "Manual and Directory" published this year. 

Schooner "Isaac Chaplain" went ashore on Bar Island end. Mar. ;. 

Oliver L. Sanborn died March 10, age 64. 

A schooner loaded with sand for Boston sank in Ipswich river. 

Wells York committed suicide by cutting his throat May 30. 

William L. Rust died June i, age 79. 

Barn of J. Choate Underbill was burned August 2. 



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1889. Herrick Chapter, Epworth League, was organized Nov. 19. 
Dr. H. C. Kendrick died at Cleveland, O., Oct. 10. 

James Peatfield, died Oct. 21, aged 86. 

Frank T. Goodhue is representative to the legislature. 

1890. George H. Rugg becomes principal of the Manning high school. 
Rev. John P. Cowles died March 11, aged S5. 

Daniel H. Fellows died August ig, aged 49. 
John W. Noyes died December 4, aged 62. 
A new life saving station is placed on Plum Island. 
George \V. Coburn died in Boston, aged 60. 
Moses Clark died April 2S, aged 90. 
Nathan D. Dodge died at Linebrook, June 6, aged 81. 
Luther Wait is appointed postmaster of Ipswich. 
There was a collision of traing near the station July 31. 
Reunion of First Heavy Artillery .Association held at Salem Willows. 
Firemen's Muster of home and out of town companies, Oct. i;. 
A very heavy wind and rain storm occurs October iS. 
Louise Glover loses an eye by a stray shot from a gun, Oct. 24. 
Thos. Wadsworth, John Whalen, Wm. Hastings drowned in Nov. 
Wm. Willcomb, after 30 years as store keeper in same building, retires. 
William Lord, police officer, died December 23. 
Dr. Samuel Blake died January iS, aged 76. 

A barn, with contents, belonging to Wm. G. Brown, burned Jan. 25. 
Mr. Augustine Heard is appointed minister to Corea. 
S. Comeau was caught by shafting in the mill, and his arm torn off. 
Freight train wrecked between Fowler's and Ready's crossing. 
William H. Graves died March 5, aged 65. 

Flag raised over Manning schools Mar. 27. presented by C. J.Norwood. 
Albert F. Heard died in Washington, D. C, Mar. 26, aged 56. 
Rev. William Burroughs died April i, aged 87. 
Flag raising over the Ross school April 4. 
1S91. Ipswich Board of Trade instituted for the benefit of the town. 
Andrew P. Felton died Jan. 10, aged 68. 
Ipswich gas works were burned Jan. 17. 
Joseph N. Caldwell died Jan. 21 of heart failure, aged 78. 
The Australian ballot system was first used at the town meeting. 
Charles C Green died February 7, aged 31. 
Alfred Clark died February 17, at the age of 62. 
Ebenezer Kimball died April i, aged 78. 
The Salvation Army open a station in Ipswich. 
Ernest H. Reed died April 11, age 3;^. 
The valuation of Ipswich is estimated at $2,435,239. 
Francis S. Coburn died April 22, age 62. 
Edward Plouff died May S, aged 78. 

S. Hale Baker is elected principal of Manning high school. 
James M. Canney died at Center Ossipee, N. H., May 28. 
Curtis Damon died June 14. aged ;o. 
John W. Lord died June 11. aged about 50 years. 
The O. U. .A. M. Hall was dedicated July 24. 



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1S92. The Agawam Band hall was dedicated Jan. 9. 

Charlie Damon had a serious fall at the Manning School, Jan. 15. 

Mark H. Foss loses house, barn and outbuildings by fire, Jan. 31. 

George W. Spencer was killed by the cars near the station, Feb. 18. 

Joseph E. Bartlett died February 27. 

Sand schooner W. H. Y. Hackett went ashore on Little Neck, in Feb. 

Bridget Doyle died June 21, aged 90. 

Maynard Whittier's smoke house was destroyed by fire. 

The Ipswich National Bank was incorporated and began business. 

The Baptist Church was instituted this year. 

Abbie Coburn in her will gives the First Cong. Church Sio,ooo. 

Warren Hardy killed by being run over by the '"Warren"' fire engine. 

Asa P. Stone died Oct. 27, aged go. 

Number of children in town between 5 and 15, is 737. 

Number of children enrolled in the public schools is 736. 

The valuation of Ipswich is S^2, 583,434. 

The rate of taxation is S11.70. 

The appropriation for the year is ?34. 934-59 

David Foster died Sept. 3, aged S3. 

There are 802 dwelling houses in town. 

The number of domestic animals owned in the town is 11,209. 

Mrs. Rhoda Potter died March 4. aged 86. 

There are 1,017 voters registered in Ipswich. 

There were 94 births, 48 marriages, 102 deaths during the year. 

Joseph N. Began thrown from his horse and killed August 3. 

The schooner Jonathan Cone went ashore on the beach, Nov. 21. 
1893. There are seven churches, twelve school houses, two banks in Ipswich. 

The Free Public Library iias about 12,000 volumes. 

The schooner Celia went ashore on Ipswicli bar April iS. 

Louisa Wells died Jan. 11, aged 86. 

There are 921 voters in Ipswich. 

Ann Irving died Feb. 13, at Si, of old age. 

Mrs. Daniel Clarke died Feb 23, aged 76. 

The Ipswich Mills employ about 800 operatives. 

Mrs. Alexander McDole, over 90, was accidentally burned to death. 

Schooner A. Baker, went ashore on Ipswich bar, Dec. 15. 

Committee appointed by town to examine sources of water supply. 

The town is practically out of debt. 

There are 61 stores and markets in the town 

Hannah M. Merrill died May 26, aged 86. 

Average number of inmates and attendants at the County House, 150. 

The population of Ipswich is about 4,500. 

There are 1,014 voters in the town. 

The town valuation May i was $2,750,961. 

The town has gained f 167,527 last year in valuation. 

The rate of taxation for this year is $10.70. 

The net debt of Ipswich Feb. i, was 55,50729. 

Number of scholars enrolled in the public schools, 817. 

Number of children in town between 5 and 15, is 867. 



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1S94. Schooner E. F. Willard, of Portland, wrecked on the beach, Feb. 5. 

Wesley K. Bell, Esq., died January S, aged 70. 

Four blocks, two houses and a barn burned Jan, i;^, on Central street. 

Moses Spiller died January 2g, aged 71. 

John Richards Baker died January 30. 

.Abraham Caldwell died Feb. 4, at the age of 94. 

Damon's block, Lord's block, and sheds, were burned April 19. 

Steam fire engine Masconomet bought by the town for $3,200. 

Warren Fire Engine Company was disbanded October 2. 

George H. Schofield is appointed postmaster. 

The Green street bridge is rebuilt as a stone arched bridge. 

Albert S. Hills died of Bright's disease, Jan. iS, age 77. 

Stephen Burnham died Jan. 23, aged 84. 

The Ipswich Water Works and reservoirs built, and wpter pipes laid. 

Dea. E. H. Potter died Oct. 9, aged 77. 

"Handbook of Ipswich History'' published by O. C. Willcomb. 

Rev. Geo. M Smiley is pastor of the Methodist church. 

Schooner Hero, built at Ipswich 1859. wrecked near Thatcher's Island 

•Abraham Caldwell died Feb. 4, aged 93. 

Nabby R. Brown died Feb. 9, aged S3. 

Mrs. Pauline Greenwood died March 22, at the age of 84- 

Lucy Rogers Farley died Nov. 12, aged 82. 

Isette Hovey died Feb. ii, at the age of 86. 

The Episcopal Society built the parish house adjoining their churcii. 

A freight train was badly wrecked, October 16, at Ipswich. 

The new Wildes block on Central street was built. 

George W. Falls died October 6, aged Si. 

The Red Men's block was built in the fall. 

The new Jewett block on Central street wa built. 

Harrison Smith died October 29, aged 65. 

Rev. Milo H. Gates is rector of .Ascension Memorial Church. 

The town's 260th anniversary occurred this year. 

The Measures block was erected on Central street. 

Ephraim Fellows, died October 31, aged S3. 

The new Damon block was erected near the R. R. station. 
1895. The agricultural property of Ipswich is valued at !?928,6t3. 

Ipswich produced 47,700 bushels of clams for market this year. 

Susan W. Jewett died Jan. 5, of pneumonia, aged 71. 

John H. Bailey died of heart disease, Apr. 5. aged 70. 

Rev. Edward Constant is pastor of the North Church. 

Elmira L. Scott died .April 13, aged S;. 

Rev. Geo. M. Smiley is pastor of the Methodist clnirch. 

Nine students graduated from the High School in June. 

Rev. Milo H. Gates is rector of the Episcopal Church. 

.Asa Wade died of heart disease, .April 28, aged 88. 

Mary Holmes died May 13, aged 80. 

Charles W. Bamford is the town clerk. 

George W. Bo wen died May 23. aged 76. 

Charles Archibald died Aug. 16, aged 83. 



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1896. The first electric cars to Ipswich from Beverly were run June 22. 

Burglars ransack the store of C. F. Wilcox, the night of July 2. 

Emily Poor died of cancer March 5, aged 86. 

Fifteen students graduated from the High School in June. 

Rev. E. E. Harris is pastor of the Baptist Church. 

Nathaniel Caldwell died March 4, aged 84. 

Parade of antiques, horribles, etc., July 4. 

David Cotton and William Reedy died m July. 

Rev. George F. Durgin is pastor of the Methodist church. 

The Methodist S. S. picnic was held at Long beach in July. 

John Perkins died March 27, of apoplexy, aged 70. 

A memorial tablet on the South Green was unveiled July 29. 

Sprague Poor and Ernest Whitney were drowned off Plum Is., July 27. 

Mrs. Eliza Cramp.sey found dead at Plum Island, Aug. 5. 

Rev. Sam Jones at Asbury Camp Ground, Aug. i-ii. 

Jeffries Neck was sold to A. B. Clark in August. 

Ephraim Grant died April 6, aged 76. 

Leonard Dodge died May S, aged 77. 

Caleb Lord died May 9, at 93, of old age, 

Rev. E. E. Harris resigns pastorate of Baptist Church in August. 

Joseph Spiller died Sept. 3, aged 86. 

Dr. Charles H. Osgood died Sept. 6. 

Rev. Austin M. Herrick died Sept. 2. 

Rev. Edward Constant is pastor of the First church. 

Mrs. Julia A. Willett died in September in her 90th year. 

Fred Cross was accidentally shct in the breast. 

Martha Bowen died Nov. 18, aged 90. 

Daniel Clarke died Dec. 30, aged 84. 

C. M. Perley's team smashed by train at Mineral street, Oct. 12. 

Mrs. Martha Brown Whipple died Nov. 7, aged 83. 
1897. There were loi births, 56 marriages, 81 dea hs. 

This year marks the 263d anniversary of the incorporation of Ipswich. 

Miss L. A. Caldwell is the librarian of the Public Library. 

Charles W. Bamford is the Town Clerk. 

William Willcomb died suddenly of paralysis, April 26, aged 61. 

Luther Nourse died Nov 23, aged 88. 

Josiah Lord died November 27, aged 76. 

The telephone exchange was instituted at Ipswich. 

Thomas Banner died March 15, of paralysis, aged 78. 

Isaac T. Harris died April 14, aged 82. 

Mrs. Martha Perkins died Nov. 7, aged 82. 

The town put up 1,146 tramps this year. 

W. T. Thompson, pastor of the Baptist Church, resigns. 

Rev. George F. Durgin is pastor of the Methodist churcli. 

Rev. J. L. Hannaford died at Melrose Jan. i. 

Warren Nourse died of paralysis, April 27, aged 81. 

Rev. Edward Constant is pastor of the North Congregational. 

Rev. Milo H. Gates is rector of the Episcopal Church. 

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189S. There was an eclipse of the moon. Jan 17. 
A great snow storm oc.urred Feb. i, 
Over ^573.000 is deposited in the Ipswich savings bank. 
Mrs. Ruth S. Baker died Feb. 4, aged 89. 
Mrs. Col. Nathaniel Shatswell died Feb. 7, aged 62. 
The Ipswich Historical Society purchase the Whipple house. 
Eightieth anniversary of the founding of First Church S. S., June 18. 
Tyler Caldwell died May 27, aged 79. 

G. A. Schofield, C. E. Goodhue. J. A. Brown are selectmen. 
Eclipse of sun, Dec. 13, ends cycle of eclipses begun 1260 years ago, 
G. A. R. parade and two flag raisings May 30. 
Susan L. Thomas died Sept. 21, aged SS. 
Immanuel Baptist Church dedicated April 3 10. 
Augustine Stone died March 21. 

Ipswichbui t schooner Freeman blown up by torpedo, Sept. 15. 
Mary Brockelbank died October S, aged So. 

John Donahue accidentally killed at High street crossing, Oct. n. 
Home of the Ipswich Historical Society dedicated Oct. iS-19. 
Hon. George Haskell died Nov. 12, aged 89. 
Biizzard, Nov. 26. Portland lost, and many wrecks. 

1899. Tremendous snow storm Feb. 13- 14. 
The valuation of Ipswich is $3,091,932.00.- 
Charles W. Bamford is the town clerk. 
Thomas F. Condon is the town treasurer. 
Hervey Nourse died Aug. 12, aged 95. 
Elizabeth C. Lavalette died Nov. 8, aged 90. 

265th anniversary of the founding of the town this year. 
Rev. T. Frank Waters is pastor of the South Cong. Church. 
There are now 1000 dwelling houses in Ipswich. 
Ipswich sends volunteers to the Spanish-American war. 
Rev. Milo H. Gates is rector of the Episcopal Church. 
Fourteen students graduated from the High School in June. 
Prof. John P. Mar^ton is principal of the Manning High School. 

1900. Rev. F. McConnell is pastor of the M. E. Church. 
There are 1774 persons assessed in Ipswich. 

The valuation of Ipswich is now $3, 245, 335. 37. 

John K. Chapman died Mar. 13, aged 85. 

There were 179 arrests made du ing the year. 

There were S27 tramps cared for by the town. 

Mrs. Sarah Barton died March i^, aged 82. 

Prof. John P. Marston is principal of the Manning Schools. 

S25 pupils are enrolled in the public schools. 

During the year 44 seals were killed in Ipswich. 

There were only 28 cases of infectious and contagious diseases. 

Mrs. Mary S. Farley died March 16, aged 92. 

For the year there were loi births, 47 marriages, 76 deaths. 

Geo. A. Schofield, D. S. Appleton, Chas. E. Goodhue, are selectmen. 

Alvira Parsons Foster died May 22, aged 80. 

There ars 71 pupils attending the High school. 



172 THE WILIvCOMB FAMILY. 

Twenty-two pupils graduated from the High school in June. 
Andrew J. Phillips died Aug. 13, aged 77. 
Elizabeth W Dodge died Dec. 2S, aged 79. 

1901. Geo. A. Schofield, Charles E. Goodhue, Charles G. Hull, selectmen. 
Hon. Frederick Willcomb died suddenly, Nov. 21, aged bq. 
Margie A. Harris died of cancer, May 23. 

There were 104 births, 50 marriages, S5 deaths. 

Mrs. Mary S. Farley died, aged 92. 

Mrs. Judith Burnham died, aged 92. 

Mrs. Caroline Cushing died, aged 90. 

The Burley Education Fund amounts to ¥14,114.00. 

There were ten scholars graduated from the High school in June. 

Thomas F. Condon, town treasurer, died in the fall. 

Hon. Fred Willcomb leaves about $3800 to the Methodist Church. 

The grade crossing near the Appleton farms abolished. 

There were 180 arrests made during the year. 

Property damaged by fire during the year amounts to S2255. 

The total valuation of Ipswich is now $3,367,047.50. 

The number of assessed persons is 1807. 

There are 68 pupils in the High school. 

Miss Eva A. Willcomb assumes charge of Grade IV, Winthrop school. 

Miss Laura A. Hubbard, music teacher, died in October. 

There are S37 scholars enrolled in the public schools. 

1902. Capt. Joseph W. Willcomb died July 13, aged 75. 

Rev. Arthur Bonner becomes pastor of the Methodist Church. 

Benjamin Newman died Jan 29, aged 83. 

Mary Ann Hovey died Jan. 31, aged S3. 

Benjamin Ellsworth, lighthouse keeper, died Feb. 21, aged 89. 

Susan Kimball died May 31, of cancer, aged 87. 

Lydia A. Lord died Mar. 3, aged 83. 

There was a total eclipse of the moon, October 16 17. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 173 



IRcw E)av)i^ <rcnnc\> Iktinball. 

In 1806, and in the twenty-fourth year of his age, 
the Rev. David Tenney Kimball was settled over the 
illustrious First Church. 

His theological course had been pursued at Andover. 
When he received at Harvard the degree of A. M., he 
pronounced the valedictory in Latin. As a student his 
themes were remarkable for their classic elegance, and 
were usually honored by the "double mark." In one 
or two instances a "triple mark" was assigned, "a dis- 
tinction awarded to no one else during my collegiate 
life," said Samuel Greele. Mr. Kimball had a melodious 
voice, distinct enunciation, a manner calm and impres- 
sive. He preached more than 5000 sermons, and left 
3000 written out with rare legibility. He never slighted 
any duty which he assumed. 

At the close of his public services in Ipswich more 
than sixty pulpits were open to his ministrations. 

Before he established the Sabbath School in Ipswich 
in 1818, he had instructed the young in the church and 
in his own house for eleven years. His Bible class for 
adults numbered from two to three hundred. 

For more than forty years he was a member of the 
School Committee, making over 2000 visits. 

He was among the earliest and most earnest to call 
attention, in his own town and in other^places, to the 
subject of the higher education for woman. It was due 
to his personal sacrifices that the Ipswich Female Semi- 
nary, — the leading institution of the kind in America, — 
was tinally established. 



174- THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Through his whole ministry he was the earnest 
advocate and etiicient helper of Foreign Missions. 

Mr. Kimball and Dr. Lyman Beecher were appointed 
the committee to prepare elaborate papers in behalf of 
the cause. 

He was the uncompromising" enemy of oppression, 
personal or national. He early declared for anti -slavery. 
His name stood at the head of a list of 154 clergymen 
who, in I834, advocated immediate emancipation. 

The second sermon which he wrote was upon Tem- 
perance, and he ever lent influence and gave labor to 
promote the cause. He was one of the original mem- 
bers of the first society in the country, instituted in 
I8I3. The American Education Society, whose 
object was the preparation and assistance of young men 
for the ministry, occupied much of his time and atten- 
tion. He served as its secretary for 44 years. He was 
also secretary for 48 years of the Essex North Associa- 
tion, equally punctual and faithful in every detail. In 
both of these societies he died in ot^ice. 

In addition to the charge of his own parish, he vol- 
untarily ministered to the expiring parish of Linebrook. 
His persistent labors in its behalf prevented its dissolu- 
tion. The membership of the First Church was quin- 
tupled during his ministry. There were several religious 
awakenings. 

Always responsive to pastoral summons, he frequently 
spent entire nights beside the sick and dying. 

His house was the seat of a generous hospitality. 

He was the author of sixteen published discourses, 
besides furnishing many miscellaneous articles to period- 
icals. He was a careful and cautious thinker, an accom- 
plished writer, an accurate scholar, a forcible and in- 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



175 




Rev. Daviu Tenney Kimb.\ll. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 177 

structive preacher ; in every department of duty, diligent, 
prompt and faithful, of amiable and benevolent disposi- 
tion, zealous for the Lord of Hosts, a consecrated cham- 
pion of Christian truth. 

When at 77, pneumonia drew him near the river's 
brink, and som.e thought he had passed over, he revived 
and exclaimed, "The gates of the New Jerusalem are 
opening. I see within the city." 

Then after affectionate farewells to his family, and 
benedictions for his people, he fell on sleep, a smile of 
inelTable beauty resting on his lips. There it remained 
until he was buried out of the sight of the hundreds 
who knew and loved him. The house was thronged 
for days. Many children came for a last look. The 
following noon all the bells in town were tolled. In 
the ancient cemetery on High street he reposes in the 
midst of a thousand of the people of his love. 



178 



TUB \Vn,I,C<1MB I'AMILV 



Ministers of Ipswich. 



FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 



1634- 


1635. 


Rev. 


Thomas Parker 


1726-1775. 


Rev 


1635- 


i<'>37- 


Rev. 


Nathaniel Ward 


1752 1756. 


Rev 


1638- 


1655. 


Rev. 


Nathaniel Rogers 


1775-1805. 


Rev, 


1638- 


1655. 


Rev. 


John Norton 


1806-1S51. 


Rev 


1656- 


16S5. 


Rev. 


Thomas Cobbett 


1S51-1S6S. 


Kev, 


1656 


1703. 


Rev. 


William Hubbard 


1868-1876. 


Rev, 


1656- 


1681. 


Rev. 


John Rogers 


1S76-1SS5. 


Kev. 


i6S6- 


16S9. 


Rev. 


John Dennison 


1885-iSqi. 


Kev. 


16S6- 


1745- 


Rev. 


John Rogers 


iSg2 


Kev. 


17C2 


1724. 


Rev. 


Jabez Fitch 







Nathaniel Rogers 
Timothy Symr.'^es 
Levi Frisbie 
David T. Kimball 
Robert Southgate 
'i homas Morong 
Edwin B. Palmer 
George. H. Scott 
Edward Constant 



SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 



1747-1764. Rev. John Walley 1868-1872. 
1765-1S27. Rev. Joseph Dana, D. D. 1874-1S78. 
1826 1866. Rev. Daniel Fitz, D. D. 1879 . 



Kev. William H. Pierson 
Ivev. Marshall P. .Angler 
Kev. T. Frank Waters 



METHODIST CHURCH. 



1S22- 


1824. 


Rev. 


.Aaron Wait 


1852. 


Kev. 


1825. 




Rev. 


Aaron Joslyn 


1S53-1854. 


Kev. 


1826- 


1827. 


Rev. 


Nathan Paine 


1855-1856. 


Kev. 


I82S. 




Rev. 


J. T. Burrill 


1S57-1S58. 


Rev. 


1829. 




Rev. 


J. J. Bliss 


1S59-1860. 


Kev. 


1830. 




Rev. 


Jacob Sanborn 


1861 1S62. 


Kev. 


I83I. 




Rev. 


Enoch Mudge 


1863. 


Kev. 


IS32. 




Rev. 


E. Kirby 


1864-1865. 


Kev. 


IS33- 


1834. 


Rev. 


J. T. Burrill 


1 866- 1 868. 


Rev. 


1835. 




Rev. 


N. S. .^paulding 


1S69 1870. 


Kev. 


1836. 


1837. 


Rev. 


E. M. Beebe 


1871-1872. 


Rev. 


1838- 


1839. 


Rev. 


Joel Knight 


1873-1875. 


Rev. 


1840 


I84I. 


Rev. 


Daniel Wise 


1876 1877. 


Kev. 


1842. 




Kev. 


Daniel Webb 


1878. 


Kev. 


IS43- 


1844. 


Rev. 


J. S. Springer 


1879-1S80. 


Kev. 


1845. 




Rev. 


Joseph Dennison 


1881-1882. 


Rev. 


1846- 


1847. 


Rev. 


L. R. Thayer 


1883-1884. 


Rev. 


1848. 




Rev. 


Stephen Gushing 


1885-1SS7. 


Rev, 


1849. 




Rev. 


Charles Baker. 


1 888- 1 889. 


Rev. 


1850-1 


1851. 


Rev. 


James Shepard 


1890-1892. 


i-tev. 








1893-1S94. Rev. (i. M. S 


mi ley. 



Moses .A. Howe 
John W. Dadman 
J. L. Hannaford 
WilHam C. High 
C. L. Eastman 
A. F. Meriick 
I . C. Cromack 
i. J. P. Collyer 
Jesse W'agner 
Charles A. Meriill 
Chas. H. Hannaford 
E. A. Smith 
Frederick Worlds 
(ieorge Whittaker 
P. M. Vinton 
C. N. Smith 
C. T. Johnson 
John (ialbraith 
.Austin H. Heriick 
James F. .Mien 



THI-: WII.I.COMB FAMILY, 



170 





1<E\-. J. ]'. C'liwr.Es. 
(Principal of the Ipswich I'eniale Seminary, 1S44-1S76. 



THE WILI.COMB FAMILY. 



181 




182 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY 



flDannino Miob School 6ra^uatcc1. 



1S75. Geo. ^^". Tozer, Clarence A. Brown, Alice A. Smith. Aiobine E. Goss, 
Kate Dawson. 

\>^y6 Carrie Lord ( Brown), Alice L. .Newman (Blake), *Minnie Sherburne 
(Reedi, Lucy S. Lord, (irace Dodtje, Nellie \V. Dodge (.Augen. 

'S;;. "Josie .Akerman, S. Isabelle Arthur, Edward H. Bond, S. Lou Davis 
(Hubbard), C. Herbert Howe, J. Henry Johnson, Ethelena Rust. 
Etta L. Smitii 1 Wentworth), Florence 1-. Tyler(Hunt. Keeller), Charles 
Wells. 

1878. Fred S. Burnham, Mary Butler (Maine), John E. Cook. Harry K. 
Dodge. Addie Cumniings ( Kennedy), Clarence \V. Newman. *Kate M' 
Russell. 

iS/C). Fannie \V. .Arthur, Ruth Brown ( Mcintosh), .\nson Clark, Josepliine 
F. Hurd (Dodge), Nellie Jewett (Howe), Nellie \'. Lang, *.Annie L. 
Lord. Harry \X. Tyler. 

1883 Mary I". Burnham 1, Ross), *John Donovon, Ida B. Johnson, James 
E. Lord, Edith 1. Staiiiford (Dole), Jesse Wade, *Hattie Weymouth 
(Roberts). 

1881. Riithelia Boynton (Foster). Elmer F. Ellswortli, Isabelle M. Gray, 
.Arthur W. Hale, George .A. Schotield, Cora .A. .Smith. 

1S82. Mary F. Caldwell (Thorndyke), Jennie '1'. Cogswell, (Saftord)*Lucy K. 
Cogswell, *Annie S. Cutler (Brown), .Albert Bradstreet, Lettie F'alls. 
Hattie Goodrich, Cliarles A. Hale, Cora H. Jewett, Arthur D. Kins- 
man, George T. Lang, Elisabeth B. Palmer, *Henry W. Rogers, 
Eugene E. Sawyer, Emily W. 'J'yler. 

1883. Hattie M. Copp, James W. Cumniings, Herbert L. Ehrlacher, *Lewis 
Hovey, -Sadie P. Russell (Tucker), .\nnah M. Russell. Oliver Clifton 
Willcomb. Eva .\. Willcomb, Sarah E. Worcester (\'arina). 

* Deceased. 



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183 





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THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 185 

1554. Susie H. Baker, Kate C. Baker, Chester \V. Bamford, Roscoe Cav- 
erly, Grace C. Dane ( ), Fannie S. Ehrlacher (Howe), Lizzie 
H. Kimball, J. Howard Lakeman, Emma L. Nason (Daniels), Lizzie 
B. Reed (Tilton) Carrie F. Ross, George A. Stone, Lucy S. Stone 
(Bamford), James N. Ward, Arthur W. Webber. Mary E. Willett 
(Saunders). 

1555. Jessie P. Arthur, Carl A. Caverly, Alfred S. Conant, Anna S. Cogs- 
well (Smith), Fred B. Harris, William A. Howe, William O. John- 
son, George E. O'Connor, Eva M. Palmer, Carrie S. Perley. Roscoe 
D. Perley, Jessie W. Ross (Purdy). 

1886. Fannie W. Bond (Trussell), Thomas W. Baxter, Anna C. Clark, 
(Robinson), *Mary B. Fowler, Carrie Hills (Andrews), Fannie Shats- 
well (Ober), Harry K. Shatswell, Sophia C. Smith (Falls). Mary A. 
Underbill (Johnson). 

18S7. Mabel B. Condon, Lillian C. Foster (Fogg), Augusta M. Hodgkins, 
Amy M. Johnson, Jesse F. Johnson, Mary F. Levering, Georgia K. 
Perkins (Leet), Maud C. Rust (Clothey), George A. Spencer, Alice 
F. Thomas, Lizzie M. Weymouth. 

1S8S. Grace Damon (Bailey), James Damon, .Arthur C. Glover, Edw. A. 
Howe, Alice G. Lord, Annie D. Lord, Frank A. Russell, Frank W. 
Ward. 

1SS9. Wayne Abbott, E. B. Burnham, .\da W. Dane, Mary D. Harris 
(Patriquin), Fred J. Lamson, *Gertrude Lamson (Glover) *Frank C. 
Lord, George W. Lord, Edwin A. Smith, Clara Small (Willardi, 
Lena M. Stone (Wendell), Delia Tarr, George F. Taylor, Anna S. 
Tapper (Tucker), Elton E. Wildes. 

1890. *Hattie Brown. Laura Brown (Rice), Edmund Cummings. Linwood 
Conant, Carrie Kimball (Wildes), Edwin Pike, Laura B. Underhill. 
Dora Lord, Millie Kirk. 

1591. Henry S.Bowen.*Eva K.Brown, HarrietW. Brown ( Brown), Elisabeth I. 
Copp (Coma) Grace A. Norwood (Bailey), Mabel F. Nourse ( ) 
Frank G. Potter, Harriet C. Russell, Kate F. Sullivan, James W. 
Tyler, Chester P. Woodbury. 

1592. Rufus H. Brown, Maye E. Clarke, .Annie E. Cook (Bowen), Sam- 
uel F. Damon, Bernard L. Goss, George E. Hodgkins, Robert S. 
Kimball, Franceine Mclntire (Brown), Mary McLaughlin, Maud P. 
Maynard (Phyphus), Eliza F. Plouff (Mason), Helen Gould Safford. 
William R. Spinney, Grace Smith, Mabel R. Willis. 

* Deceased. 



IStj THH WILI.COMB FAMILY. 

iSs),v EllaM. Archer. * Gertrude L. Atkinson, *George W. Baker, Chester 
C. Caldwell, Lizzie B. Caldwell (Morris), Mabel A. Copp (Falls), 
Chester L. Dane, Louise S. Glover (Hodgkins), Charles B. Johnson, 
W. Quincy Kinsman. *Arthur H. Lord, Vivian Maynard, Editli F. 
Perley, *Moses B. Phillips, Lucy B. Story, Oliver K. Llnderhill, 
Carrie Willcomb (Savory). 

iSgi- Bertha A. Brown (Russell), Charles F. Damon, Edward L. Darling, 
Alice D. Harris (Harris), E:hel D. Hills (Poole), Lucy A. Kimball, 
A. Sumner Nichols, John \ Perkins, Harry M. Sayward, Edmund 
L. Smiley, Oliv.'r R. I'nderhill (post graduate). 

1S95. Etta Appleton (Scotton), Albert .S. B own, Jr.. Belle Brown, Ralph 
Burnham, Caroline S. Daniels, Eh a I'ellows, Hattie F". Gove, Annie 
D.Grant (Caldwell), Susan L. Kimb.ill (Browm. Lottie E. Perley, 
Matilda Scotton. Edith Underbill. 

iSg'J. F"ranklin T. Burnham, Florence A. Conant, Edith L. Daniels, Ralph 
H. Grant, Bessie De La Haye, Minnie F". Hodgkins, Clement L. 
Kimball, Mattie U. Lord, Marion I'. Ross, Chester H. Smith, Edw 
>L Sullivan, Ellen T. Sullivan, Etta I\L Wells, Fred (;. Whittier. 
Lucy G. Harris. 

1S97. Mabelle I. Akerman (Damon), .\nnie M. Hayes (.Ames), ()ra L. Pnr- 
ington (Burgess), Ernest C. Rust, (irace A. Wallace (Gauld), Harry 
L. Ellswortli. 

iSgS. Mabel C. Barker. Bessie M. Bolles (Damon). Daisy Bond. luiinia 
.\. l5rown. Harry K. Damon, Lydia C Daniels, Harry L. Ellsworth, 
.Ada .'^. I,ewis. (Jeorge A- Player, Willie F". Saunders, Mabelle A. 
Thurston, Minnie B. Thurston, Grace .\. Wallace. 

1899. ICthelyn S. .\dams, .Augusta N. .Ajipleton. .Adrian G. Barker, llelene 
B. Clarke. Florian L. W. Coggshall, Elsie M. Daniels, John A. 
Herlihy, Frederick W. Ilorton. Edith A. Livalette, Charles R. Lord, 
Daniel E. Measures. Bertha M. Morse, Eva L. Spiller (Morrill), 
Frederick S. Witham. 

1903. .Alice M. Brown, Cora M. Brown. Elsie F. Brown, Jesse A. Brown, 
Katie L. Brown. Marion ('•■ Brown, Nella M. Brown, Alice G. Burn- 
ham, William R. Claxton, Emily A. Constant, Joseph E. Fellows, 
(iertrude M. l""oster, Bessie L. Harris, Curtis E. Lakeman, Charles 
H. Miller, Ralph \. Purington, Elsie M. Ross, Walter P. Ross, 
Caroline E. Perkins, Frank R. Starkey, .Alvah H. Story, Xellie E. 
Warner. 

*Deceased. 



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187 




Captain Joskth Wii.i.CdMr. 



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THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 



189 



1901. Chester A. Bolles, Lillie A. M. Bryant, Edward C. Crooks, Jda M. 
Butler, Ethel L. Clarke, Fannie B. Goodhue, Grace C. Lord, I.ydia 
H. Mclntire, Henry S. Spaulding, Clara E. Story. 

1902. Stella C. Adams, Lester C. Bradstreet, Christina M. Chisholm, 
Stella Emerson, Irene F. Fellows, Myra C Goodhue, May B. Graf- 
fum, Jennie Hale, Arthur S. l,ord, Myra Lord. Mabel I'erley, 
Alice I'erkins, Alice Smith, Roland H. Wilicomb. 



*Dece~sed. 



THE WIT.I.COMB FAMILY. 



OTHER WILLCOMBS 



THE WILl.COMP, FAMILY 



191 




Geok(;i-: Wiiichm i;. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 193 



6coi\}c Millcomb' 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ William, ^ Joseph,* Joseph, ^ 
William, 6 Daniel L.,^ George^) Was born at Ipswich, 
Mass., Jan. 4, 1 838, and was one of the eight sons of Daniel 
L. and Louisa (Sweet) Willcomb. During his boyhood 
he received the usual public school education of that 
town. 

In 1850 he entered the employ of Manning, Glover 
& Co., Boston, dealers in dry goods and bedding. He was 
quick to learn, alert at all times, and by years of diligent 
service and strict application, worked his way through 
the various positions, mastering all the details, until in 
1858 he became a member of the tirm. In 1871 and 
up to the time of removal the tirm name has been Glover 
& Willcomb, and has a world wide reputation. Twelve 
years ago Mr. Glover retired and Mr. Willcomb carried 
on the business under the old name until 1902, when 
under new conditions and new surroundings, he placed 
his name at the head of the concern where a half-century 
ago, as a boy, he commenced his business life. 

The many inconveniences, and the increase in valua- 
tion caused by the building of the Union Station subway, 
and the improvements to Canal street, caused Mr. Will- 
comb to erect the tine, capacious building extending from 
54 to 64 Chardon street, and extending through to Pitts 
street. The building is a tive-story brick structure with 
basement and all the modern improvements. 



194 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



The business has long had a record as one of the 
rehable, honorable and substantial houses that have assisted 
in making- Boston's commercial history. 

The reputation for quality of goods has kept his large 
factory at Hyde Park running at its full capacity. 

He was married to Martha A. Stearns, daughter of 
Charles Stearns, a well-known merchant of Hanover 
street, Boston. 

Two children were born to him. 

Albert, b., Feb., i860; d., May, 1879. 
Carrie, \k. Oct., 1863; ni., 

Carrie was married to George M. Morgan, manager 
of the hair factory at Hyde Park. 

in February, 1902, Mr. Willcomb and wife, in com- 
pany with Charles E. Morrison, president of the Faneuil 
Hall National Bank, sailed on the Coinmonwea/fb for a 
tour of Europe, and prior to their departure were ten- 
dered a banquet by the Millionaires Club of the Vendome 
at that hotel. 



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195 



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ITbomae Millcomb' 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ Richard,'^ Stephen,* Thomas-') 
Was born at Salem, Mass., in 175 3, and was the eldest 
son of Stephen and Sarah (Beadle) Willcomb. He was 
a baker by trade, having probably learned the trade with 
his uncle, Benjamin Nourse. 

He v/as admitted to the Essex Lodge of Free Masons 
March \], 1780, and was chosen Junior Warden, Dec. 
19, 1782. 

He was married at Salem, Sept. 26, 1 776, to Priscilla 
Webb, a young lady of eighteen. 




The Webb family at that period was quite prominent 
among the maritime people of Salem. Capt. Benjamin 
Webb was engaged in trade with the Rio Grande. In 
1792 he was master of the schooner John, and July 11, 
1795, as master of the ship IVasbingfon, he entered at 
Salem from Calcutta, via Boston, with a cargo of sugar. 
Sept. 30, 1795, the brig Sa/ly, Benjamin Webb, master, 
cleared for Batavia, and entered from that place a year 
later with a cargo of pepper and sugar. In 1798, the 
bark Sa/Iy, Benj. Webb, master, entered at Salem from 
Calcutta. In 1799, Stephen Webb was master of the 
ship Henrv. 



198 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

During the war of the Revolution, Salem sent out 
158 vessels, mounting about 2000 guns. These vessels 
captured 445 prizes. Following the close of the war 
the foreign trade of Salem took a great jump. In 1 793 
there were twelve ships owned in Salem; in 1807 there 
were sixty, and in 18V^, there were 111 vessels engaged 
in the foreign trade, 

Thomas had three children by his tlrst wife : 

Priscilla, b., 1777; d., Fel). 8, 1796. 

Sarah, 1>., 1778; m., Aug. 12, 1799; il.. Mar. 28, 1859. 

Polly, 1)., Dec. 12, 17S0: 111., 1 8 ; d., Aug. 19, 1864. 

Sally was married to Capt, George Southward of 
Salem, and lived to a good old age, being over 81 
years old at the time of her death. 

Polly married Robert Deland of Salem, she dying 
August 19, 1864, and her husband the day following. 

Priscilla died of consumption when but nineteen. 

Thomas' wife dying about Jan. 11, 1781, he was 

married at Salem the following year by the Rev. James 

Diman of the old South Church to Elizabeth Lambert, a 

daughter of Capt. George Lambert. Three children 

were born of this marriage. 

. t - 

Thomas, 1)., Oct., 1783; d., Feb. 4, rSo5. 

Iktscy, b., Oct. 30; 1785; 

Klizabelh, b., May 23, 1790; m., 181 ; d., i8 . 

After the close of the Revolutionary War the mer- 
chants of Salem sought to establish trade with foreign 
ports, and prominent among them were the Lamberts. 
The brig Hope, 160 tons, made annual voyages between 
Salem and the Cape of Good Hope for six consecutive 
years, 1790-1795, First three, Capt. Jonathan Lambert; 
last three, Capt. Samuel Lambert. Jonathan Lambert was 



THE WILI.COMB FAMILY. 



199 



also master of the schooner Ruth and the Olive Branch. 

Thomas, Jr.,^ was a promising; young man, mate with 
Capt. Penn. Townsend, of the brig Edwin, and after 
his father's death, was educated by Moses Townsend. 
He died of fever at Gaudaloupe, Mar. 24, 1805. 

One of the voyages of the Edwin was to Bordeaux 
where a cargo of wines and prunes were secured, con- 
signed to this Moses Townsend. Capt. Penn Townsend 
some years later was master of the brig 'Telenmcbiis, of 
Salem, which in May, 1810, arrived at that port from 
Constantinople with a cargo of cordage, tigs, raisins and 
currants. 




Elizabeth married George Hodges of Salem. One of 
their children, George, Jr., di;d of fever when about 
three years old. A s;con.i soi also nam;d George, died 
in less than a year. Thiy livjd on Hardy street, below 
Derby, on Turner's lot. They later removed to Andover. 
George Hodges was surveyor of the port of Salem from 
1809 to 1817. 

The Hodges were also seafaring people, Jonathan 
Hodges was master of the bark. %ichard and the Ha^en. 
Gamaliel Hodges was master of the brig Polly and TSelsy. 
February 23, 1796, the brig Friendship, of Salem, George 



200 THH WrLLCOMB FAMILY. 

Hodges, master, arrived at the home port from hidia. 
In April, 180i, the ship Union, George Hodges, master, 
entered Salem from Canton, with a cargo of tea, paying 
a duty of $43,190.79. The brig Phoenix, George Hodges% 
Jr., master, entered Salem from Guyaquil in December, 
1826, with 166,120 lbs. of cocoa, consigned to the 
above-mentioned Moses Townsend. 

Their mother died of fever, October 15, 1793, ag'^^d 
28, and was buried in the Charter street burial ground, 
Salem, in the right-hand corner, nearest the street, from 
which it can be easily seen, 

Thomas himself died of consumption at Saco, Me., 
April 14, 1789. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 201 



3amc6 p. MUlcomb.^ 

(Richard,! zeccheus,- William,-'^ Joseph,* Moses, •'' 
James P/O Was born at Bethlehem, N. H., August 22, 
1795, and was one of the seven sons of "Sir" Moses 
and Sarah (Johnson) Willcomb. 

He Hved for some years at Thornton, and also at 
Guilford, N. H. He was a cooper as well as farmer by 
occupation. 

About 1820 he was married to Nancy P. Hunt- 
They had four children : 

William J., b., June 27, 1822; 111., ; d., 190 . 

Frank Fearst, b., March 7, 1829; m., 18 ; living. 
Cynthia W., b., Feb. 26, 1875; '^^•' 

Ann M. b., May 8, 1831; m., iS ; living. 

His daughter Cynthia, was never married. Martha A. 
married George Gilbert at Atkinson, N. H., and had one 
son. 

The death of his wife occurred March 12, 1867, in 
her 74th year. His own death took place in his 80th 
year, Feb. \7, 1875, at Guilford, N. H. 



202 THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 



aimon 3, TOilcomD.^ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,2 William,-'' Joseph,* Moses,- 
Joseph,'' Eben Dufer,^ Almon J.,^) Was the son of 
Eben D. and Clara A. (Page) Wilcomb, and was born 
in Thornton, N. H., April 10, 1865. 

When he was about seven years old, his father went 
to Montana, traveling- overland in what is familiarly 
known in the West as "prairie schooners," arriving at 
the mouth of Alder Gulch in October, 1872. Indian 
troubles were on every hand, and the family endured 
the usual privations and hardships incident to every 
pioneer country. 

He attended such public schools as the pioneer cir- 
cumstances would afford, and was engaged on his father's 
ranches in farming and stock raising, until he became 
of age, working hard to procure funds with which to 
secure a higher education than these schools could give. 
He then studied at Holbrook's Normal School at Leb- 
anon, Ohio, graduating from the business department, 
after which he took a thorough course in the Business 
College at Sedalia, Mo. 

in 1889, after returning from school he went out with 
an engineering party for the Union Pacitic Railroad, in 
the fall accepting a position as assistant cashier with 
Hall & Bennett, bankers, Virginia City, Mont., where he 
stayed until the fall of I898, when he went to Twin 
Bridges, building a banking house, where he has acted 
as cashier ever since. 



THK WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



'_'03 




Al-.MON J. Wll.f OMli 



THE WILIvCOMB FAMILY. 205 

Mr. Wilcomb also has a half interest in a farm of 
1640 acres in an adjoining town, with about 600 head 
of horses and cattle, a butcher shop being also run in 
connection. 



micbolas Wlillconib.' 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ William, ^ Joseph,* Nicho- 
las'^) Was born at Ipswich, Mass., on the 2d of April, 
1758, and was one of the nine children of "Mr." Joseph 
Willcomb. His mother was his father's second wife, 
and was the daughter of Col. Moses Titcomb, of New- 




bury, one of the participants in the capture of Louis- 
burg, and who met a soldier's death three years previous 
to Nicholas' birth. It is probable that he received his 
name from his uncle, Capt. Nicholas Tracy, of New- 
bury port. 

When the war for Independence began, in his isth 
year, he enlisted in the company of Capt, Daniel Carr, 
of Haverhill, 9th Massachusetts Regiment, for "as long 
as the war should last." 



206 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



JBbcn Bufcr TOilcoinb." 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph,* Moses,^ 
Joseph,*^ Eben DuferM Was born at Bethlehem, 
N. H., December 9, 1825, and was one of the tive sons 
of Joseph and Salhe (Danforth) Wilcomb, Besides the 
boys he also had six sisters. 

In early life he spent some time in South America. 
At the time of the great rush to the gold fields of 
California, he made the voyage via Cape Horn to San 
Francisco in 1849. Later he owned and ran for quite 
a number of years a trading boat on the Mississippi 
river. 

in November, i860, he was married at Thornton, N. 
H., to Clara A. Page. 

Eleven children were born to them, in 1871, triplets 
being born, one of whom is still living. 

Ella M., 1)., Sept. 27, i86i; m., ; living. 

Albert E., b., Mar. 24, 1S63; m., ; living. 

Almon J., 1)., Apr. 10,1865; ni., June 7, 1894; living. 
Frank H., b., Mar. 12, 1S67; m., Nov. 6, 1895; living. 
Orrin E., b., Dec. 31, 1871; m., April 16, 1900; living. 
Alice C. born Dec. 31, 1871; d., Sept., 1872. 
Osgood B., b., Dec. 31, 1871; d., Sept., 1874. 
Liela M.. b,. May 3, 1875; '"•' l^*^'-'- ^9> iQoo; living. 
George J., b., Nov. 10, 1878; living. 
Alice C, b., Aug. i, 1884; living. 
Charles C, b., Feb., 7, 1888; living. 

Of his daughters, Ella was married at Sheridan, Mont., 
to Stephen Rees. 



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207 




EliKN DlKER WII.COMH. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 209 

Liela M., was married at Twin Bridges, Mont., Dec. 
9, 1900, to George Swortz. 

In the tall ot 1872 he went to Montana, where he 
has since resided, living in various places. For some 
time he has been living at Pageville, Mont. 



lEUinor TOilcomc, 

While this book was in press and about two-thirds 
printed we were fortunate enough to discover documents 
deposited in the State Library at Concord, N. H., which 
give much valuable information concerning EUinor (or 
Elenor) wife of Richard Wilcome, of the Isles of Shoals, 
(See page 18), and incidentally confirming what was 
up to this time conjecture, /. e., that Zeccheus was the 
son of Richard. We therefore insert in the following 
pages copies of these old records, which are very inter- 
esting, for the light they throw on the home and occupation 
of our early ancestors. Who the other four children of 
Richard and Ellinor were we have not yet discovered, 
but suppose one of them must have been the wife of 
John Muchmore, and possibly one was the Daniel we 
have mentioned on page 20. Another may have been 
Sarah, daughter-in-law of William Moore of York. 
Richard's marriage must have taken place as early as 
1667, or thereabouts, for the eldest son of Zeccheus was 
born in 1687. Ellinor must have been a woman of 
religious tendency as well as of good business ability. 

We give her will on the next page. 



210 



THE WILl.COMB FAMILY. 




Xacit TOill an^ Testament 

OF 

ELLINOR WELLCOM. 

Sept. l(i, KU)9. Thi.s i.s the last will and testament 
of Ellinor Wellcom. on her sick bed, being in perfect 
memory. 

1 Ly. My will is that I commit my soul to God that 
gave it, and my body to the dust : Amen. 

•2 Ly. My will is that 1 done bequeath unto my son 
John Muchemore, my new boat which now John Currier 
is master, and all her appurtenance. 

o T.y. My will is that after my iuneral charges are 
defrayed, that the remainder of my estate shall be 
equally divided to my five children. 

4 Ly. My will is that my son, John Muchmore, shall 
take care of Joseph Yurine, to bring him up in the 
feare of God, and to such learning as is convenient 
for his degree. 

5 Ly. My will is that John Muchemore shall have 
the twenty hogsheads of salt that 1 bought of your 
partnge to help defray the child's charge. 

() Ly. My will is that Mr. Roger Kelsey and my kins- 
man, Richard Goss, shall take care to see this my will 
performed, as overseers. This being my last will and 
testament, as witness my hand and seal. 



f 



[seal] I [mark] 

ELINOR WELCOM. 



presence of us. 

Xath"l Tuckeoman. 
John O. Cukrif.r. 1.^LARK] 



(From tl;e State Library at Concord, N. H.) 



THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. I'll 

1Invcntor\>, Oct. 12, 1099. 

Of the Goods of ELLINOR WELCOME, deceased. 

A Shallopp, /ir)-sOO 

A maine Saile, Road and Anchors, - - 9-10 

An old main Saile and fforsaile, Craft, - - 3- 

Ironpott Compap. mast, buckets and runletts, fovn- netts, (>- 10 

A Shallopp, a maine saile and fforsaile, - - 15- 

An old mainsaile, roade and anchors, - - 7-5 

Iron pott Compap. mast, bucket & Runlett, craft, netts, -1- 15 

Anchors, Cables, and Standing parts, - - 9- 

House, Roome, mooring places & stage, - - 98- 10 

Four barrells Pork, bread & Peas, molasses & rumm 10-11 

Tarr, seven fishing lines, three cords wood, a roade, 5- 19 

Barrell of rasons, barrel of fflower, silver plate, 10- 9 

One dozen of pewter plates, ffive pewter platers, 1-12 

Seven old pewter platers, 4 pewter porringers, & bason, IS- 5 

Pewter fiflaggons, bason, old pint potts & half-pint potts, - 11 

One wine quart pott, candlestick, salt cellar & tinn pott, - 5 

Brass pestle and mortar, ten dozen hooks, - - - 1 1 

Twenty hogsheads of salt . . . . 12- 

Two brass kettles and frying pann, three iron potts, 3- 13 

Two tramels, gridd iron, pott hooks and toasting iron, - 7 

Two old tables and one cupboard, old tools, - 1- 9 

Small pair of old skales and candlesticks. - - 3 

Old coverlets and two rugs, 5 blankets, 3 feather beds, 12- 15 

3 bolsters, 1 pillow, pr. curtains, valance & beddstead. 1-10 

Ten barrels and a half of Oyle, - - - 19- 8 

110 quintles of Coddffish at 10s per quintle - 5o- 

11 barrels of mackerel at 16s per barrel, - 8- IG 

12 quintles skaletBsh at 8s per quintle, - - 4-16 
14 hogsheads of salt at 10s per hhd - - 7- 
One cow and a parcel of hay, one sow pig, - 4- 
One hand mill, pair skales, five linen sheets, three bolster 

covers, two pillow covers, four diaper napkins, and 

six table napkins, - - - - (i~ 1 1 

Due to the estate of the before named Ellinor Welcome 
& Company for fish, from Mr. Daniel Jeffries, of 
Boston, merchant, the sum of - - 254- 8i 

Due to said estate from William Harris, - C- 5 



^383 si 3 

Witne.sses. [ames Blagdon, Richard Goss. 
3d ffebruary, 1700. 



212 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

ZACCHEUS WILCOME'S THREE CHILDREN. 




IPctttton— (BuarMan, 



To the Honorable William Partridge. Esq'r, Lieut.- 
Gover'l and Judge of Probate of ye province of 
New Hampshire. 

The humble petition of Henry Spiller, guardian to 
ye three children, minors, of Zaccheus Wilcome. late 
of the Isles of Shoals, deceased, humbly showeth that 
whereas your Honor of late granted administration to 
John Muchemore of ye goods, chattels, etc., of Elenor 
Wilcome, widow, of ye said Isles, which widow was 
Eormerly ye wife of William Yurine, who dyed In- 
testate, with an Estate insolvent, upon which ye Cred- 
itors, Administrator, etc., sould ye sd. estate to Richard 
Wilcome, which sd. Wilcome alsoe dyed Interstate & 
noe administration Taken of his Estate untill ye de- 
cease of ye Sd. Elenor. During which Inter. Marriage 
between Sd. Wilcome & Elenor, besides other Chil- 
dren, now surviving, their iirst born was ye Sd. Zac- 
eus, who left Three Children. Viz., William, Deborah 
and Richard, whom 1 humbly conceive are Legall rep- 
resentatives of their .Sd. Father Zaceus. 

Therefore crave your Honor upon due consideration 
of ye premises in ye Settleing of .Sd. Wilcome Estate 
would grant unto Sd. Minors that which in Justice 
& Equity may soe appertain, & I shall remain as in 
Duty bound, yr. Honor's Humble Servant, 

HENRY SPILLER. 
Ye (ith May, 1700. 

(Original at .'^tate Libiaiv, Concord, \. H.) 



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213 



(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ William,-' Joseph,^ Aaron,-' 
Ebenezer,'' George .Willoughby," Edmund J. ■■*) Was 
bora in Chester, N. H., April 14. 1856, and was the 
son of George W. and Martha A. Sleeper. 

Educated in the public schools of Chester, at the age 
of 17, lie went to Danversport, Mass., where he remained 
four years, after which he returned to Chester and 
engaged in the retail butcher business. 

Seven years later he sold the business and moved to 
Manchester, where he resided for the next twelve years. 
Since the death of his father in 190I, he has been back 
on the home farm in Chester. 

He was married July ], 1884, to Mary J. Robie, and 
has three children, George E., Alice M. and Marion L. 




M4 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Cbarlce SncUino Milcomb." 

(Richard, ' Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph, ^ Aaron, ^ 
Ebenezer,« Charles S.M Was bom at Chester, N. H., 
December 12, 1822, and was the eldest son of Ebenezer 
and Susan, (Hoyt) Wilcomb. 

When a youth he followed the sea for some years, 
going" around Cape Horn and up into the Arctic ocean 
for whales. His ship was among one of the tlrst to 
visit the Sandwich Islands, after Capt. Cook was killed. 

July 11, 1843, he sailed from New Bedford, on the 
whale-ship haac Ho-wland, Capt. Lorenzo Fisher, on a 
whaling voyage to New Holland, New Zealand, and the 
north-west coast of America. Gideon Howland, the 
owner, was a Quaker, and all of his ships were painted 
a quaker drab. The voyage lasted 22 months, and when 
they started home they had taken 3S30 barrels of oil, 
to make room for which a part of the provisions 
were thrown overboard. When off Cuttyhunk they 
encountered a tierce north-east snow storm. The anchors 
failed to hold, and the ship was rapidly drifting on the 
"Hen and Chickens." The rigging was then cut, the 
masts went overboard with a crash, and the drifting 
stopped. In the morning the wreckage was cleared, jury 
masts were rigged, and they were soon safe in port. 

He was for some years an overseer on plantations in 
the West Indies. 

March 26, 1849, he was married to Harriet A. 
Symonds, at the home of the bride's parents in Whites- 



THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 



215 




Charles Snellinc; Wii.comk. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 217 

boro, N. Y., by the Rev. Walter Lon^". Their weddino- 
trip included a sail down the Hudson and a few days 
in New York. From there they came to the somewhat 
famous old house in Chester where they have lived for 
more than half a century. 

Twelve children were born to them. 

Frances Symonds, h.. Fel). 26, 1850; d., Jan. 20, 1863. 
Gertrude Adelaide, 1)., Mar. 10, 1851; d., Mar. 23, 1851, 
Charles Albert, b.. May 19, 1852; m.. 1873; Jan., 1882; living. 
George Edward, b., Oct. 28, 1853; d., Aug. 21, 1859. 
Henrietta Hobby, b, Nov. 10, 1855; d., Mar. 8, 1862. 
Spencer Cone, b., July 11, 1857; d., Jan. 11, 1863. 
Nathan Webster, Jan. 12, 1859; d, Jan. 24, 1863. 
Henry Green, 1)., Aug. 30, 1861; d, Jan. 18, 1863. 
Mary Elizal)eth, b., Dec. i, 1862; m., April, 1885; living. 
Wni. Wallace, b., Oct., 1864; m., Oct., 1892 ;d., Dec. 2, 1892. 
Arthur Henry, b., Dec. 31, 1866; m., Oct., 1888; living. 
Chester James, b., 1869 ; m., Feb., 1900; living. 

Mr. Wilconib held otfice as selectman of Chester, a 
number of years, and was town clerk for three years. 
In 1877, he was a member of the New Hampshire 
Legislature. 

He is a man of rare intelligence, and sound common 
sense, and his counsel is much sought after. He is a 
member of the First Baptist church of Chester and one 
of its deacons. 

Mr. Wilcomb was engaged in the cooperage business 
up to 1880, employing a number of hands. Since that 
time he has been engaged in farming, having one of 
the largest farms and orchards in the vicinity of Ches- 
ter. He has also for some years been engaged in the 
general merchandise and fruit evaporating business, being 
associated with his son, Arthur H. 



218 THE WILI.COMB FAMILY. 



Scrot. QXKKW Dictor TiOilcomb.- 

( Richard,! Zeccheus,- William,-'' Joseph,* Moses, ^ 
James P.," Frank F.,^ Owen Victor^ Was born at 
the Weirs, N. H., June 4, 1870, being one of the sons 
of Frank F., and Eliza J., (Sahniarsh) Wilcomb, 

He was married to Maud Doe, a daughter of Morrill 
Doe, of the Weirs, and has one daughter. 

Succeeding his father as station agent for the B. & 
M. R.R. at the Weirs, in 1898 he enlisted in the service 
of the U. S. His service record is as follows: 

In the 1st N. H, Volunteers, over live months; in the 
U. S. Signal Corps, over three years, 

Enlisting at the commencement of the war with Spain, 
in the First New Hampshire Volunteers, at the cessation 
of hostilities he re-enlisted, and was sent to the Philip- 
pines, where he experienced a long service during the 
most troublous times. At the outbreak of the war with 
China, he was assigned to active service there, and 
participated in all the principal engagements leading up 
to and including the linal battle of Pekin. At the 
conclusion of hostilities in China, he returned to the 
Philippines and took active part in the operations of 
subduing the scattered bands of insurgents in remote 
localities. 

He has been private, corporal, sergeant, and tirst-class 
sergeant, participating in the following battles in the 



THE WILLCO.MB FAMILY. 



219 




...l.^ — : :T;TfiViii^nv,.r:v^---v vv,nv,jtivf,y.i, 



f'4 



Serg't Owen \'i( tor Win omu. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 221 

Philippines: advance on Dasmarinas, in June, 1899; 
San Francisco de Malabon, October, 1899; against the 
insurgent army of the north, Oct, -Dec, 1899; Batan- 
gas, Feb., 1900; China relief expedition, June, 1900, to 
July, 1901. 

He was also engaged in the battles of Tientsin, Piet- 
sang, Yangtsun, and was with the advance of the allies 
on Pekin, Aug. 4 to 15, 1900. 

His record has been thus far: "Honest and faithful. 
A reliable and efficient non-commissioned officer," 

On his return to this country in 1902, on a four 
months' furlough, he was tendered a banquet by the 
professional and business men of Laconia, June 3, with 
a welcome extended by the mayor of the city. 

He re-enlisted Apr. 1, 1902, for the next three years. 




THE WILLCO.MB FAMII.V, 



riDoecs Millcomb." 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ William, •■^ Joseph,-* Moses,^) 
Was bora at Ipswich, Mass., Aug". 16, 175^, and was 
the son of "Mr." Joseph and Anne (Titcomb,' Warner"^) 
Willcomb. His mother was a daughter of Col. Moses 
Titcomb of Newbury. 

He was fourteen years of age when his parents sold 
the old homestead in Ipswich, Mass., to their son, Capt. 
Joseph Willcomb, and removed to Amesbury (in 1767). 
From that time until his marriage to Sarah Johnson, in 
Haverhill, in the memorable year 1776, nothing of record 
concerning him has been discovered, though it is known 
that he became a ship's cooper, on vessels engaged in 
the West Indies trade, and made several voyages between 
the New England seaports and those islands. Perhaps 
the old shipping records could throw some light upon 
his doings had one the time to look them up. The 
particular classes of goods which formed the bulk of 
shipments both ways required much cooperage, and 
until the Revolutionary war served to interfere there 
was no lack of business in his line, and he became 
fairly prosperous. At that time events transpired which 
brought about a radical change in his life, partaking 
much of romance succeeded by considerable hardship. 

Early in the lirst year of American independence he 
chanced to meet, and was smitten with the charms of, 
a fair daughter of the noted "Tory" family of Johnston, 
of which Sir William Johnston of historical fame, was 
the head, and whose property, with that of several other 



THE WII.I.COMB FAMILY. 223 

prominent members of the family, was contiscated by 
the colonists, and all had sought personal safety in flight. 

in December, 1775, he served six weeks at Roxbury, 
in Capt. Eaton's company, in Col. Johnson's regiment 
of militia, marching from Haverhill to Roxbury. 

The story of their chance meeting, and brief but ar- 
dent acquaintance prior to marriage, and the circumstances 
immediately following are but family tradition. The 
Johnstons were a numerous family in this country, 
influential, and happily situated up to the time when the 
majority of the American colonists took decisive steps 
for a severance of relations with the mother countrv. 
They occupied commanding positions, and otfices of 
trust and honor under the British government, and their 
loyalty spurred them on to throw their whole strength 
into the vain endeavor to resist the determined efforts 
of the colonists by force of arms and otherwise, result- 
ing in a confiscation of their estates and a military move 
to drive them from the colonies. 

Haverhill was then but a frontier settlement, and it 
was here that Moses Willcomb, braving public sentiment, 
married Sarah Johnson, March 19, 1776, and at Haverhill 
their eldest child was born the last day of October of 
that year. 

The general hostility to members of a refugee family 
induced him to make his way toward Canada. North- 
ern New Hampshire was then an unbroken wilderness, 
beset with Indians and wild beasts, but on their toilsome 
way toward the Canadian line through this naturally 
beautiful region they could not resist the charms of Lake 
Winnipesaukee, and lingering upon its shores, they 
courageously decided to remain and make for them- 
selves a home there, far from the bounds of civilization 
though it were. 



224- THE WILI.COMB FAMILY. 

Thenceforth, isolated from all relatives and friends, 
and their whereabouts unknown to other members of 
their families for many years, they braved the dangers, 
overcame the hardships, founded a home and reared a 
hardy family of sons and daughters. 

They established their home in a most beautiful and 
romantic spot, at the foot of the majestic twin peaks 
known as Mt. Belknap and Gunstock, and within the 
present limits of Gilford Village. 

The fruits of the union of this hardy, rugged pioneer 
couple were eleven children, seven boys and four girls, 
all but the eldest born at the old homestead in Gilford. 

Moses, b., Oct. 31, 1776; d. 

Nathaniel, b., June 5, 1779; 

Sarah, b., Mar. 24, 17S1; 

Anna, b., July 12, 1782; m, 

Daniel, b., July 28, 1 785 ; 

Joseph, b., Feb. 8, 1788; m., Nov. iS, 1816; d., Mar. 8, i860. 

Lydia, b., Sept. 8, 1790- m., 

John, b., Aug. 12, 1793; 

James P., b., Aug. 2, 1795; m., 18 ; d., Feb. 17, 1875. 

William J., !>., Aug. 2, 1795; d., Mar. 8, 1880. 

Polly, b., Jan. 9, 1798; m., 1820. 

The site of the old homestead is readily distinguish- 
able at this writing, a portion of the old cellar, over- 
grown with shrubbery, remaining. It is near the north- 
ern end of the village, and the tract of land formerly 
Moses Willcomb's, triangular -shaped at present, on which 
it stood, is now occupied by the more modern and 
pretentious buildings of Mr. Smith. 

Here as the population increased, in addition to 
agricultural pursuits, Moses Willcomb found time to 
engage in his trade, and for many years he had the 
only cooper shop for miles around. He had the rep- 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY 



utation of being a sober, industrious, upright citizen, 
especially noted as a good workman, and a man of 
strictest integrity in business transactions. Enduring 
specimens of his handiwork are still quite numerous in 
the cellars of the oldest farmhouses for a long distance 
around, generally bearing his brand, "M. W.," burned 
in the heads of the^ barrels and hogsheads. Though 
fairly well educated for the times and well posted in 
regard to public matters, he had no ambition for public 




XoT MnsES. 



emoluments, always refusing to hold office, though 
manifesting considerable interest in public atfairs, 
especially those of a local nature. He was one of the 
signers of the petition, in 1811, to have a division of 
the old town of Gilmanton, and participated in the 
formation of the new town of Gilford the following 
year. 

His wife, Sarah, born Nov. 27, 1754, was a noble, 
kind-hearted. Christian woman, ever thoughtful and 
attentive not only to her family but to others as well. 
She was well educated and much interested in local 



226 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 

church and charitable work. Moses Wilcomb and wife 
were among the founders of the old Gunstock Church, 
one of the earliest churches in this region, and which 
formerly occupied an elevated position on a solid ledge 
of rock on the top of a hill near the village, and was 
visible for miles around. 

In the latter years of their lives they were induced 
to leave the old homestead in Gilford and live in 
Bethlehem, and later in Thornton, N. H., where he is 
said to have died about 1800. 

Of his daughters, Anna married Noah Burnham of 
Bethlehem, lived there, had several children, and died 
in that place. 

Sarah married Samuel Crockett of Meredith, and had 
two sons, one of whom. Col. Selden Crockett, conducted 
the old Bromtield House, Boston, for a number of years. 

Polly was married in 1820 to a Shattuck, who died 
in 1871. Lydia married a Shattuck for her tlrst hus- 
band, and after his death wedded a Whipple. She died 
at Bethlehem. 

Nathaniel went west and was supposed to have been 
killed by Indians, 

William J. lived in the West a number of years. Also 
kept a grocery store at the Weirs, N. H. He left no 
children. 



THE WILUCOMB FAMILY. 227 



3o0cpb MiUcomb"' 

(Richard,' Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph,* Moses, ^ 
Joseph*^) Was born February 8, 1788, being one of 
the seven sons of Moses and Sarah (Johnson) Willcomb. 

At an early age he was "bound out," and on one 
occasion went on a fishing voyage with his uncle, Capt. 
Joseph Willcomb of Ipswich, 

November 18, 1816, he was married to Sallie Danforth 
at Meredith, N. H. Eleven children were born to him : 

Sarah J,, b., July 24, 181 7; m., Oct. 28, I835 ; d., Jan. 10, 1840. 

Betsey P., 1)., Oct. 12, 1818; d., July 27, 1832. 

Hiram, b., June 29, 1820; m., July 9, 1846; d., Oct. 18, 185 i. 

Joseph D., b., Mar. 2, 1822; m., Aug. 4, 1851 ; living? 

John H., b., Feb. 25, 1824; d.. April 22, 1863, 

F.ben D., b., Dec. 9, 1825 ; ni., Nov., i860; living. 

Andrew J., b., Aug. 13, 1828; d., .Sept. 15; 1828. 

Mary A., b, Aug, 13, 182S; m., Dec. 11, 1845: d., 1900. 

Harriet M., b., Feb. 11, 1831 ; ni., June i, 1S54; living. 

Caroline, b., Dec. 19, 1829; d., Jan. 7^ 1834. 

Eliza A., b., Jan. 12. 1835 ; ni., .Sept. 22, 1853. 

When the war with England began in 1812, he enlisted 
for a year, and was appointed orderly sergeant. He was 
stationed at Portland. When he called the roll for the 
first time he said he was so frightened that he could 
hardly read the names. 

In politics he was a Democrat, in religion a Univer- 
salist. 

For twenty or more years he lived at Bethlehem, N. H., 
at which place all his children were born. From there 



228 Tin-: \VII,LC(»MB FAMILY. 

he moved to Littleton Village for a few years, and then 
bought a farm in Thornton, where he died March 8, 
1860. 

At one time he lived in Salem, Mass., and drove a 
stage between that town and Boston. For a while he 
drove a private carriage for a Mr. Harris in Boston, 
who built a large hous; with a garden on top of it, and 
a row of sheep's heads around the edge. The owner 
fell from the top of it one day and was killed. The 
place was styled "Harris' Folly'' by the neighbors. 

Of his six daughters, Caroline died Jan. 7, 18 M, and 
Betsy P., died July 27, 18^2. Eliza A. was married at 
Woodstock, N. H., Sept. 22, 18S^, to Elbridge Gerry 
Sargent, a farmer by occupation, and has had several 
children. Mary A. was married to Albert Barnard at 
Thornton, N. H., December 11, 1845. Harriet M. was 
married at Woodstock, N. H., to James N. Stone, June 
1, 1854, who died at Sweden, Me., Jan. 7, 1874, aged 
44, and leaving three children; Sarah J. was married 
at Bethlehem, N. H., Oct. 28, 18^5. 

Joseph's wife died at Thornton, Jan. 19, 1871. 




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THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 231 



Banicl TOilcomb,^ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph, * Moses, ^ 
DANIEL'^) Was born in Atkinson, Mass., July 28, 178^, 
and was the son of Moses and Saraii (Johnson) Will- 
comb. By occupation he was a farmer, living at Beth- 
lehem and Littleton, N. H., the greater part of his life, 
and was deacon of a church. 

His wife, Hannah Eaton, was born Jan. 17, 1 779, and 
died May 18, 1867. Their children were 

Daniel P., b., Dec. I, 1816; 111., 18 ; d., Mar. 17, 1898. 
Moses K., b., 1821; m., 18 ; d., 1887. 

His death took place Sept. 7, 1862. 



232 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Cbaiice piX£M Milcomb.- 

( Richard/ Zecheus,- William,-' Joseph/ Moses/ 
James P./ Francis Fisk/ Charles Presby,") Was 
born near the Weirs, Belknap County, N. H., August 
13, 1865, and was the son of Francis Fisk. and Eliza 
J. (Saltmarsh) Wilcomb. 

In early life he received a common school education 
in Laconia, later graduating" from the N. H. Conference 
Seminary and Female College at Tilton. Seven years 
were spent in the drug business and study of medicine, 
which was then given up for museum work. 

Considerable time has been devoted to tield work in 
California, collecting ethnologic and archaeologic material. 

For some years he lived at Visalia, Cal. 

He was married March 2<s, !.S9^, at Visalia, Cal., to 
Addie Corinne Nichols, of Derry, N. H., a graduate of 
the New Hampshire State Normal School, and a success- 
ful teacher in various parts of New England. They have 
one child: — 

Louise, b., \'isalia, CaL, Fch. 14, 1S94; living. 

The summer of 1900 was spent in travel in Europe. 
At present he has charge of the Memorial Museum, 
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, having planned and 
directed the work of arranging and classifying the col- 
lections and exhibits. A personal collection of about 
7000 specimens is deposited there as a loan. He has 
had charge of this institution since its inception. 



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Charlks Fki:si!n W'li.i (imh. 



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nD09C6 IkniGbt Milcomb.^ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ v/illiam,^ Joseph, * Moses, ^ 
Daniel,^ Moses Knight^) Was born in Bethlehem, 
Dec. 1, 1821, and was one of the two sons of Daniel 
and Hannah (Eaton) Wilcomb. 

His wife was Mary Ann Abbott, born in Littleton, 
Feb. 6, 1822, and died at that place Feb. 27, 1900. 

Three children were born to them : Alice Leona, born 
in Bethlehem March 13, 1852; married W. W. Weller, 
Jan. 25, 1877; and died Feb. 27, 1881. Henry E., born 
in Bethlehem, Dec. 18, 1854; died Aug. 3, 1855. Ann 
M., born in Bethlehem Jan. 1, 1857; married Charles 
Stevens March 10, 1877, and lives in Littleton, N. H. 

Moses died at Bethlehem, June 30, 1887. 



236 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



jfrancis jTisk Mtlcomb' 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William/'* Joseph,-* Moses, ^ 
James P.,'' Francis FiskM Was born March 7, 1829, 
at the Weirs, N. H., and was the younger of the two 
sons of James P. and Nancy P. (Hunt) Willcomb. 

He was married January 3I, 1855, to Ehza Jane 
Saltmarsh, daughter of Thomas and Sally (Oilman) 
Saltmarsh. They established a home of their own at 
The Weirs, afterward at Lakeport, now the city of 
Laconia, N. H. Though a cooper by trade, he early 
engaged in the railroad business, and was station agent 
at The Weirs for nearly forty years. He now occupies 
a less responsible railroad position at Lakeport. 

Their children are : 

Edgar Harlan, b., Jan. i6, 1S56; ni., Oct. 27, 18S4; living. 

Annie Sarah, 1)., l-^eh. 6, 1858; ni., ; living. 

J. Frank, b., Mar. 3, i860; m., ; living. 

Charles Presby, b., Aug. 13, 1865; m.. Mar. 28. 1893; living. 

Owen Victor, b., June 4, 1870; m , ; living. 

His wife, Eliza, died June ], 1895, in her 5 7th year, 
being born on Long Island, N. H., in 18i9. 

October 17, I896, he married Hannah O. Wentworth. 

His daughter, Annie S., married a Taylor, and lives 
at Concord, N. H. 

His son John Frank, has been identified with the 
textile manufacturing business all his life, having pat- 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 237 




Francis Fisk Wilcomu. 



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239 



ented numerous successful inventions in this line. He 
established the Wilcomb Manufacturing Co., an incor- 
porated company, at Providence, R. 1., and afterward 
removed to Norristown, Pa., where he is now located. 




Mrs. Eliz.v J.i S.m.im.aksii) Wii.c omi;. 

He married Ida Newell, daughter of Stephen Newell, of 
Lakeport, and has two children, Norris and Maud. 
Their other sons, Edgar E., Charles P., and Owen V., 
are mentioned elsewhere. 



240 THE WILI.COMB FAMILY. 



Chester 3aine0 Mileomb/ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William,-' Joseph, ^ Aaron, ^ 
Ebenezer, 6 Charles S.,' Chester J. -^) Was bom at 
Chester, N. H., August 27, 1869, and was one of the 
twelve children of Charles S. and Harriet A. (Symonds) 
Wilcomb. 

The First Baptist Church of Chester received hini into 
its membership, July 4, 1886. In September, 18<S7, he 
entered the Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he 
graduated in June, 1891, and entering- Harvard College 
in the fall of that year. There he completed in the 
next three years the work for the degree of A. B., and 
another year was spent as a student in the Harvard 
Divinity School, from which he graduated c-/iiii hvide, 
June, 1895. 

In September he entered the Union Theological Sem- 
inary, New York City, also being a student at Colum- 
bia University, 1895-1897, receiving the degree of ^^M. 
in June, '97, and graduating from the former institu- 
tion in May, '98. 

In June he was ordained to the gospel ministry at 
Chester, N. H., supplying the pulpit of the Springvale, 
Me., Baptist Church, some months before spending the 
summer of "99 traveling in Europe. In December, he 
was called to the pastorate of the Greenville, N. H. Bap- 
tist Church, becoming its pastor, and "stated supply" 
at New Ipswich, in January, \^)()(). 

His marriage to Miss Jessie M. Hollister, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hollister of New York City, 
took place February 20, 1900. 



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241 




Rev. Chester J. Wilcomi:, A. M. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 243 



Maltcr Seymour Mtlcombc.*' 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William, » Joseph, ^^ Moses, ^ 
Joseph,*^ Joseph D.,^ Walter S.^) Was born at Smith- 
tield, Va., Jan. 4, 1867, and was one of the six children 
of Joseph Danforth and Ellen (Gate) Wilcomb. 

He was for some time before his decease chief clerk 
and law student with the N. Y. & N. E. R.R. at Boston, 
Mass.. and having a residence at Hyde Park, where his 
death took place Jan. 16, 1899- 

He was unmarried. 




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(Tbarlcs albert ^Uilcomb.^ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ William,'' Joseph,* Aaron/ 
Ebenezer,« Charles Swelling,^ Charles Albert,^) 
Was the third child of Charles Snelling" and Harriet A. 
(Symonds) Wilcomb, and was born at Chester, N. H., 
May 19, 1852. 

He attended the public school and academy at Chester, 
Colby Academy at New London, and was a member of 
the lirst class of N. H. Agricultural College, then run in 
connection with Dartmouth College. For several years 
he taught school at Chester. For some time he was in 
business, and was postmaster, 1875-85. For three years 
he was superintendent ot schools, and a member of the 
Legislature in 188^. 

In 1872 he was married to Anna E. Bell, a daughter 
of James D. and Eliza (Morse) Bell. His only child by 
this marriage, Anabel, married George F. Hogan, of Lynn, 
a member of the East Baptist Church, and who has for 
some years conducted one of the most popular tonsorial 
establishments of that city. They have three children, 
Roland B., Albion L., and Eleanor. 

He has been in business in Springlield, Worcester and 
Fitchburg, Mass. 

In politics he has been a Republican. 

Mr. Wilcomb's second marriage took place in 1881, 
the bride being Isabel J. Sleeper. They have one child. 
Jessie A. 



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245 




HOMK-S 0|- AnAHF.I, (\ViL( OMli) Hot;AN' AM) (). C. WlLLru.MK, 

406 40S Chatham Strket, Lynn, Mass. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 247 



309cpb 2)anfortb Milcomb J 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William,^ Joseph,-* Moses, ^ 
Joseph, 6 Joseph Danforth' ) Was born March 2, 1822, 
at Bethlehem, N. H., and was one of the eleven children 
of Joseph and Sallie (Danforth) Wilcomb. 

He was married at Holliston, Mass., Aug. 4, 1851, to 
Jane P. Gate. Their children were 

Ella, b , 1852; d., 1853. 

Ada M., b., 1853; m., 1881; 

George A., b., 1854; d. 1868. 

John Everett, b., 1857; m., 1878; living. 

Walter Seymour, b., 1867; d., 1899. 

Nellie Cate. b., 1869; 

He has been at different periods of his life, farmer, 
trader, and dealer in brick and lumber. 

He seems to lived in different parts of the country, 
and died at Hammond, La., quite recently. 



2+S THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Hrtbur Mcnr^ Milcomb.- 

(RlCHARD,' ZECCHEUS,2 WlLLIAM,--^ JOSEPH,* AARON, ^ 

Ebenezer,« Charles Snelling,^ Arthur Henry*) Was 
born at Chester, N. H., December 31, 1866, being- the 
son of Charles Snelling and Harriet A. (Symonds) 
Wilcomb. 

He was educated at Chester Academy, and Phillips 
Exeter Academy, Class of 1886. He has been in business 
at Chester since then, with the exception of two years 
as telegraph operator at Boston, and Springtield, Mass. 

In 1887, he went into business with his father, the 
tirm name being C. S. Wilcomb & Son, who in addi- 
tion to the articles usually found in a general store, carry 
on a large business in evaporating fruit each fall. 

Mr. Wilcomb served . as postmaster from May 1 , 1 889, 
to April 1, 1894, being one of the youngest postmasters 
appointed by President Harrison, later receiving a letter of 
commendation from the postmaster-general. After the 
change in the administration he was again appointed 
postmaster, which office he now holds. 

He has always been interested in politics, holding 
Republican views. He was elected to the N. H. Legis- 
lature of 1895-6, and re-elected for the session of 1 897-8. 
He has also held the ofiice of tax collector of Chester 
for ten years, held the position of president of the 
Rockingham County Republican Club, president of the 
County Convention, and secretarv and treasurer of the 



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i+y 




Arthur Hi;ni.;n U'imump., 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 251 

local Republican Club since 1892. He is a Mason, and 
belongs to the local Grange. 

One of the foremost promoters of the Chester & 
Derry Railway, he is clerk of the corporation, and a 
member of the board of Directors and Executive Board. 

He has been a member of the Congregational church 
the greater part of his life, and is at present superinten- 
dent of its Sunday School, 

He was married October 15, 1888, to Sarah M. 
Batchelder, of Chester, daughter of David L. Batchelder, 
who was for many years proprietor of the Chester Vil- 
lage Hotel. 




252 THE WILLCOMB. FAMILY. 



iet)t3ar Marian Milcomb.^ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William,'^ Joseph,* Moses,^ 
James P./' Francis Fiskj Edgar Harlan'^) Is the 
eldest son of Francis Fisk and Eliza Jane (Saltmarsh) 
Wilcomb, and was born January 16, 1856, at The 
Weirs, N. H. . 

He is a printer by trade ; engaged in luisiness for 
himself when eighteen years of age ; established the 
Lakeside News, a weekly newspaper, at Lakeport, N. H,, 
and this, with the daily and weekly Tocsin at Laconia, 
and the Pittsfield ■Tribune, at Pittstield, N. H., he pub- 
lished successfully until 18(84, then sold out his several 
newspaper enterprises and removed to California, prin- 
cipally on account of failing health. There he purchased 
an interest in the Visalia Delta, one of the oldest weekly 
newspapers in California, and later established and suc- 
cessfully conducted the Central Californiaii. 

In 1891 he returned East, and located in Worcester, 
Mass. Becoming interested in a specialty manufactur- 
ing business, and having perfected and patented several 
popular utilities, he established the National Coin Wrap- 
per Co., manufacturers of paper specialties, which he is 
now conducting, in addition to doing some newspaper 
work . 

Mr. Wilcomb was married in 1884, Init has no 
children. 



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253 




Eij(;ar Haiu \.\ Wiii (jmi;. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 255 



3obn levcrctt Milcomb/ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William, ^ Joseph,'* Moses-'^ 
Josephs Joseph Danforths John Evhretts) Was 
bom at Braggville, Mass., Dec. 6, 1857, and was one 
of the six children of Joseph D. and Jane P. Wilcomb. 

He was married in 1878, and since then nine children 
have been born to him. 

Arthur Everett, h., 1879; 
Robert Olin, h., 1880; 
Anne Lucile, 1>., 1881 ; 
George Lawrence, b., 1883; 
Madeleine, b., 1886; d., 1S86; 
Adrian Ingalls, b., 1887; 
Marguerite, h., 1888; 
Douglass Lathrop, b., 1891; 
Percy, b., 1889; d., 1889; 

He spent several years of his life at HoUiston, Mass., 
and was for quite a while a railroad agent at Osyka, 
Miss. Later he resided at Hammond,- La., where he was 
engaged as cashier of the Bank of Hammond. 



.'56 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



i£bcnc3cr TOilcomb."' 

(Richard, iZeccheus,- William, •'' Joseph,^ Aaron, ^ 
Ebenezer'-') Was born at Chester, N. H., about 1797, 

and was the son of Aaron and (Stocker) Wil- 

comb. His father was for years a well-to-do farmer. 

The war with Enjiland began 
when he was about tifteen years, 
old, and two years later when a 
call came for troops to defend 
Portsmouth harbor, he enlisted in 
^A Capt. Samuel Aiken, Jr.'s com- 




^OT*\ pany, of which his brother, James 
^ ^ Wilcomb was a corporal. Tlie 
' ~ ^ company served for sixty days 
U froni September 26, 1814, at the 
^^~^^*>^=i - expiration of which time the com- 
^^^^~ pany was disbanded. 
During- his Ions' life he was married four times, his 
tirst wife being Miss Susan Hoyt, who died Aug. ^, 1829, 
27. Three children were born to them:— 



aged 



Chas. Siu-lling, h., Dec. 22, 1S22 ; m., Mar., 1841; ; living. 
(ieo. Willoughln-, h., .A.ug. 31, i .S24 ; in., i S54, 1S63; d., 1901. 



Susan Emeline. b., KS27; m.. 1845, 1S55; <!., A|iril 7, 1887 

The second wile was Sarah Hcyt, 
were born to them before her death 
twenty-ninth _vear. 



and two children 
in 18^5, in her 



Sarah Ann, 1)., Aug. 12. 1S2S; 



iS()S; livins;. 



Mary Jant-, 1)., Nov. 24, 1831 : d.. Inly 2, 1902. 



THE WII-LCOMB FAMILY. 257 

The third wife was Sophia Wilson, one child being" 
born to them ; — 

riannali M.. b., Sept., 1S4S; living. 

After this wife's death, Dec. 29, IHSS, in her S)d year, 
he was married a fourth time. She was Sophia l.ane, 
and her death took place April 29, 1879. No children 
were born of this marriage. 

Mr. Wilcomb died Jan. 16, l<S8i, aged <S6, and was 
buried in the old cemetery at Chester. 

Of his children, Sarah Ann married Nathaniel Willey, 
in 1868, and resided at Newmarket, N. H. He was a 
soldier on the Union side during the Civil war, enlisting 
in April, 1861, and being discharged for disability in 
186^. One child was born to them. 

Mary J. married a Jeremiah Bentield, and had four 
sons and one daughter. Her home is in Fremont, N. H. 

Susan E. married Almond Q. Philbrick, for her tirst 
husband, having one son, Leroy B. Philbrick, now a 
prominent business man of Salem, Mass. Her second 
husband was Samuel Eastman. 




258 THE WILI.COMB FAMILY. 



MiUtam lUallacc Milcomb.^ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- Willi am, •' Joseph,-* Aaron, '^ 
Ebenezer,'- Charles Swelling,^ William Wallace)- 
Was one of the twelve children of Charles Snelling- and 
Harriet (Symonds) Wilconib, and was born at Chester, 
N. H., October 28, 1864. 

His early education was gained in the public schools 
of his native town and at Exeter, he graduating from 
Phillips Exeter Academy in 1884. The next year he 
taught school as principal of Chester Academy, but two 
years later was a member of the class of '87 at Dart- 
mouth, and a member of Dartmouth Chapter, Psi Upsi- 
lon. Serving in a Brooklyn hospital for a time, he 
graduated from Bowdoin Medical College as president 
of his class and member of roll of honor class of '88. 
After graduating he received the appointment of house 
physician in Lynn Hospital, Lynn, Mass. 

This position he held for a year, and, by professional 
ability, kindlv disposition and genial manners, won the 
respect and esteem of all with whom he came in con- 
tact. From Lynn he moved to Suncook, N. H., where 
he soon acquired a large practice for so young a man. 
This drew heavily on his mental and physical powers, 
and rendered him helpless in a great measure to ward 
otf, and combat successfully, the dread malady he con- 
tracted while caring for his patients. 

He was a skilful physician and surgeon, and indepen- 



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259 




William Wali .A( i Wilcoml., M. D. 



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201 



dent thinker, bright in conversation, and easily making' 
friends. 

He became a Mason, and also a member of the United 
Order of the Golden Cross. 

He was married to Miss Mabel Strong, of Vassalboro, 
Me., Oct. 27, 1892, and together they were titting up a 
home, when he was stricken with malignant diphtheria 
and though every effort was made to conquer the fatal 
disease, he passed away Dec. 2. The body was taken 
to Chester for interment, memorial services being held 
in the Baptist Church the following Sunday. 




262 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



6C0VQC Millouobb\> Milcomb/ 



(Richard,! Zeccheus,^ William, ■'' Joseph, -^ Aaron,'- 
Ebenezer,*^ George Willoughby,") Was born in Ches- 
ter, N. H., Aug. 31, 1824, and was the son of Ebene- 
zer and Susan (Hoyt) Wilcomb. 

He was selectman of Chester at ditferent 
times, and was a trusted and faithful olfi- 
cial. He was in the regular army during 
the Mexican War, and was a member of 
Co. K, N. H. Heavy Artillery, during the 
Civil War. A member of Bell Post, G. 
A. R., he held the olfice of chaplain at the 
time of his death, which position he had 
held for nine years. 
In early life he was baptized by immersion and joined 

the Baptist church in Chester. He went to New "i'ork, 

where he resided about a dozen years. While there he 

united with the Methodist church. 

Returning to Chester, he married Martha A. Sleeper 

May 2], 18S4, and of that union were born : 




Edmund J., 1)., A])ril 14, 1856; in., July 3, i8cS4; living. 
Ahhie E. R.. h.. Aug. ;,i 1861; d.. Ed). 10. 1866. 
Marllia M., h., 

December 2, ISCi, he married Mary .). Stevens, who 
survives him. 

He was a deacon in the Congregational church in 



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263 




GEORiii-; Will mcHin \Vii<iimii 



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205 



Chester for about twenty years, and was an unusually 
faithful attendant in the Sunday School. 

His death took place at his honie in Chester, Nov. 
25, 1901. He was one of the oldest and most hii^hly 
respected citizens of the town, and had lived (jn his 
farm on the Derry road many years. He had been in 
poor health for some weeks, thouiih none expected the 
sudden call to rest that removed him from the scenes 
of earth. 




266 THE WIULCOMB FAMILY. 



Cbarlcs TO. TOilcomb.' 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William, '"^ Joseph,-* Moses, ^ 
Daniel,'' Daniel P.,^ Charles W.**) Was born at 
Littleton, N. H.. December 1, 184S, and was the son 
of Daniel P. and Frances M. (Weed) Wilcomb. 

When he was between sixteen and seventeen years of 
age he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Regiment Ver- 
mont infantry, and was mustered into the United States 
service, October 22, KS62. About a year later he was 
mustered out of the service, but re-enlisted November 
2^, 1S6^, as a recruit in Co. K, Fifth Vermont Infantry, 
and was mustered into tne United States service, Decem- 
ber 12, 186^. 

At the time of the battle of Gettysburg, the duty of 
guarding the ammunition and provision trains was 
assigned to his regiment. 

In the Battle of the Wilderness, May ^, 1864, while 
his regiment was deploying to the right, he was struck, 
by a musket ball in the upper part of the thigh, from 
the enemy posted partially on their tlank and rear. The 
ball passed through the thigh and out at the right groin, 
lodging in his wallet, which was nearly torn into frag- 
ments. Mr. Wilcomb brought the ball home. It is 
greatly flattened from contact with the bone of the hip 
or thigh. 

The wound was given b\- a Rebel, who rose up from 
behind a log, deliberately leveled his piece upon him. 



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26- 




ClIAkl.lCS \V. WlI.rdMli 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 269 

and lired. Wilcomb's right and left hand man both tired 
upon the Rebel, and, both hittinti- him, he fell dead. 

\'oung- Wilcomb laid two days upon the ground with- 
out food. He and another soldier found a negro who 
had a chicken, which they purchased for a dollar, and 
thus relieved their hunger. 

In the course of a week he reached a hospital at 
Washington, but by that time gangrene had seized the 
wound and reduced him to such a degree of weakness 
that he was insensible for nearly three weeks, and it 
was nearly a year before he rejoined his regiment. 

Mr. Wilcomb was also in action at Petersburg, April 
2, 1865. 

June 29, 1865, he was mustered out of the service. 

He was married to Emma M. Metcalf (born in Can- 
ada, May 27, 1847) at St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 21, 1868. 
They have two children, Grace M., born Aug, 24, 1880, 
and Anna M., born Jan. 26, 1889. 

Mr. Wilcomb and family are now living at 1 5 \'an- 
couver street, Boston, Mass. 




270 THE WILLCOMIS FAMILY. 



5)anicl ip. TOilcomlv 

(Richard,' Zeccheus,- William/' Joseph,^ Moses,^ 
Daniel," Daniel P.') Was bom at Littleton, N. H., 
Dec. 1, 1816, and was the stm of Daniel and Hannah 
(Eaton) Wikomb. 

Bv occupation he was a farmer, living' at Littleton, 
and in later years at St. Johnsbury, Vt. 

His wife was Frances M. Weed, born Sept. IS, 1822, 
and died Oct. 8, 1861. Their children were: 

Charles W., b., L)l-c. i, 1S47; 111.^ May 21, 1868; living. 
Clarence t)., h., Dec. 19, 1849; ni.. June, 1875; d., 1900. 
Walter D., b., June 2, i860; 
Ida E., b., ni., living. 

Ida B. married Hiram B. Hawkins, lives at Danville, 
Vt., and has six children :— Eugene M., Jennie, Percy, 
Alice, Charles and Harry. 

He died at St. Johnsbury, March 17, 1898. 



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271 




DaMKL p. W'tlA I. mi;. 



THE WIT.LCOMB FAMILY, 



273 



(Richard,! Zeccheus,- William,'^ Joseph,* Aaron, ^ 
Henry,6) Was born at Chester, N. H., about 1.S24, 
and was one of the seven sons of Aaron Wilconib, of 
that town. 

His wife was Mary Jane Ames, a daughter of Jonas 
Ames, of Derry, N. H. 

His four children were Franic H., born in Bangor, Me, 
Feb. 22, 1847, married Elizabeth Flanigan of Newfound- 
land, (died about ten years ago) has three children, Bessie, 




Belle and Francis, living ; Eddie and Lena, dead. He is 
now living at Charlestown, Mass. 

Frederick was born tifty-nine years ago, on the 2=;th 
of Februarv, and is now living in Bangor, Me. He has 
no children. 

Jonas was born tifty-tive years ago, in June, at Ban- 
gor, Me., and has six children living, four having died. 

Jerome, also born in Bangor, is now about 2=;. 

Henry's death took place about tifteen years ago, in 
Bangor. 



-'■^ THE WILLCOMB FAxMILY. 



3ohn Earner TOUlconib/ 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,- William,-'' Joseph, -^ Moses, ^ 
JOHN Warner, G) Was the son of Moses and Sarah 
(Johnson) Willcomb, and was born August 15, 179^, 
at Salem, Mass. 

He was married at Flushing, Long Island. August 11, 
1830, to Hannah Dunraven Haftey (born August 11, 
1805, in New York City). 

Their ten children, all born at Flushing, L. I., were: 

William James, li., Jmie 3, 1S31; ,1.. June 11, 1857. 
Henry Edgar, b., Sept. 5 1833; ''■> t"eb. 1836. 
Sarah Pauline, b., Jan. 15. 1835; si'i.s^le; living. 
MaryErmina F.King., b., Oct. 31, 1837; d.. Sept. 4. 18O5. 
John Warner, b., Sept. 23, 1841 ; ,1., Oct. 3. 1S83. 
Charles King, b., Nov. 20, 1839; d.. May (>, 1853. 
Meeta, b., Sept. 29, 1843; single; living. 
Frederick Goodwin, b.. Sept., 1844; d., 1844. 
Edward Hicks, b., Sept., 13, 1845; d., Sept. 5, 1861. 
Anna Harris, b., June 17, 1847; <'•! Mar. 20, 1872. 

For many years he was the owner of the Bloodgood 
Nursery at Flushing, and just as he thought he had 
acquired a competence, everything was swept away by 
the defalcation of his New \'ork ai^ent. 

He was much interested in the family history and was 
the last possessor of the Willcomb Coat-of-Arms. This 
was most unfortunately lost, but his daughter, Meeta, 
who remembers it well, has promised us a copy sketched 
from memory, which we will insert in this edition, if 
arriving in time. if not, we intend to make and for- 
ward a copy to subscribers soon after its arrival. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



275 




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THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 277 



3onaci Bmcs OTUcomb/ 

(Richard,! Zeccheus,"-^ William,'^ Joseph/ Aaron, ^ 
Henry,'^ Jonas Ames,^) Was born in Carmel, Me., 
in 184^ and was the son of Henry and Mary J. (Ames) 
Wilcomb. 

He was married in South Boston in 1871, his wife's 
maiden name being Sarah M. Hopkins. Ten children 
have been born to them, six of whom are now living. 
All of his children were born in Boston. 

His wife was born in North Cornville, Me. 

Three sons and one daughter are married. 

He is at present employed in Boston, and resides in 
Everett. 




27S THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



aaron TOillcomb." 

(Richard/ Zeccheus,^ William,-' Joseph,-* Aaron') 
Was the youngest child of "Mr." Joseph and Mrs. Anne 
(Titcomb,' Warner-) Willcomb. and was born at Ipswich, 
Mass., May 5, 1765. His mother was a daughter of 
Col. Moses and Merriani (Currier) Titcomb, of Newbury. 

In his early childhood his parents moved to Amesbury 
and he himself moved still further up into the country, 
living for a while at Thornton's Ferry, and at Chester, 
in New Hampshire. 

By occupation he was a cooper as well as a farmer, 
as were a number of his children. 

His wife was Stocker, and nine children were 

born to them. 

I'-bene/er, 1)., 1797. m-! Four times; d., Jan. 16, iSS:;. 

James, h., d., 

|ohii, h., m., (]., 

Joshua, I)., 111., Nov. 14; iS24;il., 

Henry, b., 1824; m., d., 

Moses J., li., 1 813. 111., cl., 

Newell, b., m., i.S4y;d., 1849. 

Nancy, b., m., d., 

PolK-, b., m., d.. 

His death took place about 184S, at Thornton's Ferry, 
N. H., where he was living with a daughter. 

This Chester branch of the family have dropped an 
"1" from their name and spell it "Wilcomb." Only 



THI-: WILLCOMH FAMILY. ^79 

the Ipswich branch now spell the name in the old original 
way, "Willcomb." A old manuscript still existing,' and 
signed by Aaron's father, in 1767, is signed "Willcomb." 
In 1801, Aaron bought thirteen acres of land at Ches- 
ter, N. H., of Joseph Hills, paying therefor, $182.00, 
the deed being made out to Aaron Willcomb, witnessed 
by Anne Willcomb and Stephen Chase. Seven years 
later, this same lot of land was sold to John Hall", and 
Aaron then signed his name "Wilcomb." 

Newell Wilcomb, son of Aaron Willcomb, was born 
at Amesbury, lived at Newburyport, Mass., and Thorn- 
ton's Ferry, N. H., was a carpenter and contractor, and 




died of Panama fever on the voyage hc^iie from Cali- 
fornia about 1850. 

Moses J., son of Aaron Wilcomb, enlisted at Boston, 
Mass., in U. S. Navy, June H, 1862, as landsman, for 
three years; served on the U.S.S. "Ohio" and "Tioga", 
and was discharged for disability, Nov. \, 1864, from 
receiving ship. New "tork City. 

Joshua, son of Aaron Wilcomb, was married to Mary 
Seward at Ipswich, Mass., Nov. 14, 1824, by the Rev. 
Doc. Dana. 

James Wilcomb, son of Aaron, was a corporal in 
Capt. George Evans Company, which served at Ports- 
mouth, N. H., for the defence of Portsmouth Harbor, 
from May 24 to July 4, 1814, and 60 days from Sept. 
26, 1814, as corporal" in the companv nf Capt. Samuel 
Aiken, Jr. 



280 rim WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



©tbcr MtUcomhs, 

Picotus Wiliconi was living in county of Cambridge, 
England, in \27}. 

Robert de Welcombe, county Somerset, 1 Edward III, 
Kirby's Quest, page 235. 

Thomas Welcom, or Welcombe, was living in the 
county of Lincolnshire, England, in 1S84. 

Edward Wilcome, Gent., and Alexander Emerson, 
were owners of the rectory of Goxhill, County Lincoln, 
England, \^72. 

John Willicome and Jane Lemman were married at 
St. Michael Church, Cornwall, in I609. 

Thomas Welcome of Dalton (Furniss), is mentioned 
in record of Lancashire wills of \6]\. 

A Peter Wilcomb was the son-in-law of William and 
Mary Salter, original meml^ers of the Old South Church, 
Boston . 

George Welcome of Southwick, Mass., born 1820, 
enlisted in Co. F, 27th Mass. Infantr_y, at the beginning 
of the Civil War. Discharged 1865. 

George W. Welcome, Jr., born 1846, enlisted in the 
Union army in 1864, and was discharged, 1865. 

William H. Wellcome of Nantucket, enlisted in the 
Union army Aug. 14, 1862, and was killed at Fred- 
ericksburg, Va., Dec. 11. 

James A. Welcome of Nantucket, enlisted in the 



THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 2S1 

Union army, Aiii;'. =;, 1862, and was dismissed for dis- 
ability, Feb. 16, l.S6^. 

Pliilip Welcome, born in Canada, enlisted in 1861 
in the band of the Third N. H. Vol. Inf. as third class 
musician, and was mustered out at Hilton Head, S. C. 

Mrs. Mary C. Wilcomb was married by Rev. Daniel 
Fitz, July ], 18H, to Samuel F. Edwards, of Boston. 

Isaac C. Wellcome, lived at Hallowell, Me., and mar- 
ried Mary, third child of Isaac Decker, Dec. 25, 1H45. 

John Gendron, alias John B. Welcome, enlisted in 
Co. K, 24th Reg't N. H. Vol. Infantry in I863. 

Newell Wilcomb was a carpenter and contractor, liv- 
ing" at Newburyport. He married Mrs. Hannah S. White 
at Providence, R. I., Oct. ^, 1849- 

Abner P. Wellcome was married Dec. 2^, 18^7, at 
Sutfield, Conn., to Sarah D. Tucker, (born July 27, 
1818) daughter of Eli and Deborah M. Tucker. He 
resided at Newport, N. H., and was a farmer, merchant 
and hotel keeper. 

Clara J. Welcome married Charles Hinds in Leomin- 
ster, Aug. 2^, 1881, and died July 20, 1888. 

Frederick Wilcomb married Lydia H. Emery, dau. of 
Benjamin and Elmira Robbins Emery, April lo, 1869, 
and died in 18/^. He had one child, Florence, born 
June 20. 1871. 



282 THE WII/rXOMB FAMILY. 



56irtb6. 



THE WII-LCOMB FAMILY. 28c 

Births. 



284 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



flDarriaoci?. 



THE WILI.COMH FAMILY. 



285 



ni>aiTiac;c6. 



286 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Dcatbe. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 281 

2)catb6. 



288 THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



fll^cnloran^a. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 289 

flDemoran^a. 



liOO THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



^l^cmoran^a. 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 201 



1Int)c.i of ipcreone. 

■ (WILLCOMliS) 

Aaron 43 

Aaron 278-271; 

Abbie E. R 262 

Abner P 28 1 

Adaline 131 

Ada M 247 

Adrian In^alls 255 

Albert 194 

Albert E 206 

Alexander 1 15 

Alice C 206 

Alice Leona 235 

Alice M 213 

Almon J 202. 205 

Anabel 244 

Andrew J 227 

Anna 43 

Anna 224 

Anna Harris 274 

Anna M 269 

Anne Lucile 255 

Annie Sarah -36 

Ann M ::oi 

Ann M -35 

Arthur Everett -55 

Arthur Glover 136 

Arthur Henrv :? 1 7- -48-.:5 ' 



292 INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Belle 273 

Belle L 78 

Bessie 273 

Betsey iy,S 

Betsey P 272-22S 

Caroline 227-22.S 

Carrie S2. 84 

Carrie 194 

Charles Albert 217, 244-246 

Charles G 206 

Charles L 78 

Charles Leon 78 

Charles Kin" 274 

Charles I'resby 2 12-234, 2 36 

Charles Snelling 214-217 

Charles Sweet 106, 128 

Charles W 266. 269, 270 

Chester James, Rev 217, 240-242 

Christopher , 1^ 

Clara J 28 1 

Clara Lowe i kj 

Clarence D 270 

Cynthia W 201 

Daniel 20 

Daniel 43 

Daniel 106 

Daniel 224, 2 ", i 

Daniel 1 132, 133 

Daniel Lord 58, 102-107 

Daniel P 231, 270-272 

Deborah 24-25, 30,212 

Douglass Lathrop 255 

Eben Dufer 206, 227 

Ebenezer 256, 277 

I'Mdie 273 

ICdgar Harlan 236, 252-254 

I'idnuind J 213, 262 



INDEX. 293 

Edward 2S0 

Edward Hicks 274 

Edward Sweet lor). i,^6-i3.S 

Eliza A 227-228 

Elizabeth 15 

Elizabeth 3-, 34 

Eli zabeth 1 9S 

Ella 247 

Ella M 206 

Ellinor 209. 2 1 2 

Eva Adams 1 25- 1 26 

Eva C 132 

Everell F. H 7S 

Ezra 16 

Florence 2S i 

Frances Symonds 217 

Francis 273 

Francis Fisk 236-23S 

Francis H 119. 126 

Frank F. (same as Francis Fisk) 201 

Frank H 206 

Frank H 273 

Frederick 273 

Frederick 2S1 

Frederick, Hon 106. 109-1 iS 

Frederick ( loodwin 274 

George 106. i9'-"J-4 

George 2S0 

George A -47 

( leorge E - 1 3 

George Edward ' 3^ 

George Edward - 1 7 

George Lawrence -55 

George J -^^' 

George W -'^o 

George Willoughby 256. 262. 265 

Gertrude Adelaide - '7 

Grace M -^''^ 



294. INDEX. 

I'ACiE. 

Hannah 49, 50 

Hannali M 257 

Harriet 106 

Harriet M 227-228 

Helen 127 

Helen D 78 

Henrietta Hobby 217 

Henry 273. 278 

Henry E 235 

Henry Edgar 274 

Henry Eugene 126 

Henry Green 217 

Henry Perry 106, 127-128 

Herbert 127, 131 

Hiram 227 

i tla E 270 

Isaac C 281 

James 278, 279 

James A 2S0 

James P 201, 224 

Jane 16 

Jerome 273 

Jessie A 244 

John 15 

John ]6 

John 29 

John 32, loi 

John 278 

J ohn 280 

John i) 281 

John Edward 70 

John ICverett 247, 255 

John Frank 236 

John H 227 

John Sweet 70 

John Warner 224. 274 

J<>"'is A 273, 277 

Joseph 19. 20 



IXDEX. 295 

i'A(;k. 

Joseph 49 

Joseph 224, 227 230 

Joseph, Capt 3^' 4i- 45-5,5 

Joseph. Capt 58, 1 19-121 

Joseph, Mr 29, 34-44 

Joseph Danforth 227, 247 

Joseph WilHam 125. 126 

Joseph William, Capt 119, 122-126 

Joshua 27S, 279 



Laura L 119 

Lena 273 

Lewis Edwin 106, 132-134 

Liela M 206 

Louise 232 

Lucy A. S 119 

Lydia 224 

Madeleine 255 

Madeline Gertrude 136 

M argaret 117 

Margaret 140 

Marguerite 255 

Marion E 1 2S 

Marion L 213 

Marion i\Lay > 27 

Martha 3-^ 34 

Martha M 262 

Mary '5 

Mary '6 

Mary '6 

Mary '9 

Mary 3^ 

Mary 49- 5° 

Mary 5'*^ 

Mary '40 

Mary A 227-22S 

Mary C -^' 

Mary Elizabeth - ' 7 

Mary Erniina Florence King -74 



296 INDEX. 

I'Ar.E. 

Mary Francis j 25 

Mary Jane 256 

Mary Louise jo6 

Maud ^^g 

Meeta 274 

Mehitabel in 

Moses 4^^ 222-226 

Moses -, ^ , 

Moses J 27S. 279 

Moses K o-., o-,r 

Nancy 278 

Nathaniel „, , 

Nathan Webster ^i- 

Nelhe Cate 247 

Nellie Louetta 82 

Nelson G _S 

Newell 278 

Newell 2S1 

Nicholas . •,_ ^qj. 

Norris ^-,,, 

-ji" 

Oliver Clifton 82, S4, cSS, 91 

Orrin E 206 

Osgood B 206 

Owen Victor, Sergt 218-221 2^6 

Peter i^ 20 

Peter 2S0 

^'^'"^y 255 

Philip 281 

Picotus 280 

Pollv 

Polly ;;;;;:; ,^s 

Polly 224 

P'''«''";i 198 

Richard ■,..^. ,,,, 

J\ ichard 24. 209, 2 1 2 

Rol)ert de 280 



278 



INDEX. :j97 

PAGK. 

Robert Olin 255 

Roland Howard 94, y 8 

Samuel ig. 20 

Sarah ... 15 

Sarah 20 

Sarah -9- 30 

Sarah 49 

Sarah 58 

Sarah 119 

Sarah 140 

Sarah 198 

Sarah 224 

Sarah Ann 256 

Sarah 1 227-228 

Sarah Pauline 274 

Sarah Sweet 70 

Spencer Cone 217 

Stephen 3-- 34! 139-MO 

Stephen 140 

Susan Dodge 70 

Susan Emeline 256 

Susan Mary 119 

Susannah 5'*^- ^5 

Susanna 140 

Thomas 1 40, 1 97-200 

Thomas 198, 199 

Thomas 2S0 

■ A. 

Walter I ) 270 

Walter Seymour 243. 247 

Wilbur Howard 82. 94-97 

William 15 

William 21 24 

William 29 

William 24-26, 30 

William 3-- 34 

William 3^ 

William 70. 7S 00 



298 



THE WILLCOMB FAMILY. 



Will 
Will 
Will 
Will 
Will 
Will 
WMll 
Will 
Will 
Will 
Win 



am Auijustus 

am, Capt 

am, Capt 

am H 

am Holt 

am Leroy 

am J , 

am J 

am James 

am Wallace, Dr 217. 

fred 



1'.\(;k. 

70 

49' 53-65 
5S, 66 7.S 

2cSo 

92. 93 

94 

201 

224 

274 

5S-26: 

12.S 



Zeccheus 24, 30, 2 1 2 

Zeccheus 32, 34 




THE WII.LCOMB FAMILY. 200 



lln^c.l ot Ipcreone. 

(ALLIKU liV MARRIAGE.) 

i'A(ii;. 

Abbott, Mary Ann 235 

Ames, Mary Jane 273 

Barnard. Albert 22S 

Batchelder, Sarah M 251 

Beadle, Sarah 140 

liell. Anna E. 244 

Benfield. Jeremiah 257 

Blake. Margaret S 125 

Blye. Hannah 101 

Brockelbank, Grace A 128 

Burnham, Noah 226 

Gate. Jane P 247 

Chapman. Mary E 12.S 

Crockett, Samuel 226 

Dane. Joseph 140 

Danforth. Sallie 227 

Decker, Mary 2S1 

Deland. Robert ■ • • i'>'^ 

Demarais. John B 1 -^> 

Dennis. Rev. John 34 

Dodge. Charity 26 

Dodge. John Howard 65 

Dodge. Margaret ' • 7 

Doe. Maud -''"^ 

Dole, Edward ">) 

Dunnells, Mary E "7 



300 INDEX. 

TACE. 

Eastman, Samuel 257 

Eaton, Hannah 231 

Edwards, Samuel F 281 

Elnor 15 

Emerson, Annie Evmice 92 

Emery, Lydia H 28 1 

Flanigan, Elizabeth 273 

Gilbert, George 201 

Haffey. Hannah Dunraven 274 

Harris, Rebecca 29 

Hawkins, Hiram B 270 

Hazeltine. L. Maria 7S 

Hellyer, Thomas 15 

H inds, Charles 281 

Hodges, (Tcorge 199 

Hodgkins. Elizabeth ^2 

Hodsden, Mehitable 19 

Hollister. Jessie AI 240 

Holmes. Mary 119 

Hopkins, Sarah M 277 

Howard, Mary 20 

Hoyt. Sarah 256 

Hoyt, Susan 256 

Hunt. Nancy P 201 

Hunt. Theodocia B 117 

Ion. Anne 16 

Johnson. .Sarah 222 

Lambert. Elizabetli 198 

Lane, .Sophia 257 

Lemman. Jane 2S0 

Lindlev. Mrs. Adelia F 12S 

Lord, Saraii 37 

Lord. Susanna 58 

Lowe. .\n(hcw 106 



INDEX. 301 

VACV.. 

McDonald, Florence 131 

Planning, Ann 16 

Marble. Adelia F 128 

.Marbury, Edward 16 

Masury. Benjamin 140 

Metcalf, Emma M 269 

Mitchell, George 13 

Mitchell, William 16 

Moore, William 20 

Morgan, (ieorge M 194 

Morris, Ella G 136 



Newell. Ida 



239 



Nichols, Addie Corinne 232 

Nourse. Benjamin 140 

Ordway, Mabelle 94 

Page. Clara A 206 

Philbrick. Almond 257 

Pickard. Harriet 126 

Rees. .Stephen 206 

Richardson, Dorothy 15 

Robie, Mary J 213 

Robinson, Thomas 15 

Ross, Jeremiah 49 

Ross. Joseph L 50 

Ross, Lucy A 132 

Salter, William and Mary 280 

Saltmarsh, F^liza Jane 236 

.Sargent, Elbridge Gerry 228 

Savory, Angus 1 84 

Seward, Mary 279 

Shattuck, 22f^ 

Sleeper, Isabelle J 244 ■ 

Sleeper, Martha A 262 

Smith, Ammi 49 

Smith. Daniel 3° 



302 INDEX. 

I'AGE. 

Smith. David 140 

Southward. Capt. George 198 

Stanwood. Ebenezer 30 

.Stearns. Martha A 194 

Stevens. Charles 235 

Stevens. Mary J 262 

Stocker, ( ) 278 

Stone. James N 228 

.Strong, Mabel 26 [ 

Sweet. Louise 70. 105 

.Sweet. Sarah .... 70 

Swortz. George 209 

Symonds, Harriet A 214 

Taylor. 236 

Titcomb, Anne 43 

Townsend, Peter 20 

Treadwell, Mrs. Sarah 49 

Tucker, Sarah D 281 

Turner. Josephine 127 

Turrell. Alexander 16 

Tvler. D. M 106 

Underbill, Laura Parkhurst ■. 82 

Warner. Mrs. Anne 43 

Watts. James W 119 

Webb. Priscilla 197 

Webber. Moses 119 

Webber, James N 119 

Weed. Frances M 270 

Weller. W. W 235 

Wells. David 34 

Wentworth. }iannah C 236 

Whipple. 226 

White. Hannah S 281 

Willey. Nathaniel 257 

Williams. John r40 

^\■ ilson. .Sophia 257 

\'urine. Mrs. Eilinor 212 



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